External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dzahl.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zahl1.htm
Eparchy of Zahleh (Maronite) Eparchia Mariamnensis Maronitarum | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2014) 50,000 (n/a%) |
| Parishes | 33 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Maronite |
| Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
| Established | 9 June 1990 |
| Cathedral | Saint Maron Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
| Eparch | Joseph Mouawad |
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The eparchy includes the city and the territory of Zahleh in the Beqaa Valley, 45 kilometers east of Beirut, where is located the Saint Maron Cathedral. The territory is divided into 33 parishes and in 2014 there were 50,000 Maronite Catholics.
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