Eparchy of Latakia, Syria 🇸🇾 (Maronite Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1954.04.16: Established as Apostolic Administration of Latakia (English) / Lattaquié (français) / Laodicea (Italiano) / Lattaqiya / Laodicen(us) Maronitarum (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Tripoli)
- 1977.08.04: Promoted as Diocese of Latakia (English) / Lattaquié (français) / Laodicea (Italiano) / Lattaqiya / Laodicen(us) Maronitarum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea in Syria and without ecclesiastical province)
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2015.03.14 – ...): |  Bishop Antoine Chbeir (63) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Latakia (Maronite Rite) |
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| Bishop Antoine Chbeir (63) (2015.03.14 – ...)Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)Born:1961.01.12 (Ghosta, Lebanon)Ordained Priest:1988.06.13Consecrated Bishop:2015.04.18Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2015.03.14 – ...) |
 Bishop Elias Khoury Slaiman (73) (2012.01.16 – 2015.03.14)President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the MaronitesBishop emeritus of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)Born:1951.08.16 (Hekr Semaan, Syria)Ordained Priest:1987.08.29Consecrated Bishop:2012.02.25Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1987.08.29 – 2012.01.16)Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2012.01.16 – 2015.03.14)President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the Maronites (2015.03.14 – ...) |
| Bishop Youssef Massoud Massoud (2001.06.23 – 2012.01.16)Born:1940.04.28 (Kafroum, Syria)Ordained Priest:1970.08.02Consecrated Bishop:2001.09.08Died:2024.08.17 (Cleveland, OH, USA †84)Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1970.08.02 – 2001.06.23)Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2001.06.23 – 2012.01.16) |
| Bishop Antoine Torbey (1986.05.02 – 2001.06.23)Born:1925.09.15 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1951.03.24Consecrated Bishop:1986.07.12Died:2004.08.09 (†78)Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1986.05.02 – 2001.06.23) |
| Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. (1977.08.04 – 1986.05.02) |
| Archbishop Joseph Salamé (Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1967.09.24 – 1977.08.04) |
| Archbishop François Ayoub (Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1954.04.16 – 1966.06.02) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 53,620 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes
Personnel: 33 priests (31 diocesan, 2 religious), 13 religious (7 brothers, 6 sisters), 3 seminarians