Jurisdiction: | Eparchy |
Beirut | |
Country: | Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.878°N 35.5169°W |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Syriac Catholic Church |
Rite: | West Syriac Rite |
Established: | 1819 |
Patriarch: | Ignatius Joseph III Yonan |
Bishop Title: | Eparch |
The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Lebanon. The Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch's cathedra is found in the eparchy in the episcopal see of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
It was established in 1819. Generally, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch will administer the Eparchy of Beirut as its ordinary and sole episcopal officer, but he may also appoint a proper eparch.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the eparchy in September 2012.