Eparchy of Latakia Eparchia Laodicenus Maronitarum | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Syria |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2011) 35,000[ citation needed ] |
| Parishes | 32 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Maronite Church |
| Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
| Established | 4 August 1977 |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Latakia Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
| Eparch | Antoine Chbeir |
| Bishops emeritus | Elias Khoury Sleman |
The Eparchy of Latakia or Latakia of the Maronites (in Latin: Eparchia Laodicenus Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Syria. As of 2011 [update] , there were 35,000[ citation needed ] members. The current eparch is Antoine Chbeir.
It is immediately subject to the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The territory includes the city of Latakia, where is located the Our Lady of Latakia Cathedral, [1] in Latakia, the former Laodicea ad Mare.
The territory is divided into 32 parishes and in 2011 there were 35,000[ citation needed ] Maronite Catholics.
Until the eighteenth century the Maronite patriarchate was formally divided into eparchies: in fact the bishops were all considered as auxiliary of the Patriarch, the only true leader of the Maronite nation. The bishops of Laodicea, like other Maronite bishops, in fact, had only the title of their home, and pursues not any real jurisdiction and do not even have a place to reside.
The Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736, which at the request of Propaganda Fide decided the canonical erection of the Maronite diocese, gave no consideration to Laodicea, which therefore continued to be the seat of a titular bishop. The territories that were formally part of Laodicea were subdued by the synod of authority of the Tripoli Eparchs.
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