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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires

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Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires

Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum

Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
Statistics
Population
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
750,000[1]
Parishes4
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchMaronite Church
RiteWest Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established5 October 1990 (34 years ago)
CathedralSt. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires
Patron saintSt Charbel Makhluf
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchBechara Boutros al-Rahi
EparchHabib Chamieh
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Aurelio Poli
Bishops emeritusCharbel Georges Merhi
Website
www.misionlibanesa.com.ar

The Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires[2] (Spanish: Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires; Latin: Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, a Latin Church archdiocese.

It has a cathedral, the Catedral San Marón, located episcopal see of Buenos Aires. In 2010 there were 750,000 members.[3] It is governed by Habib Chamieh, Mariamite Maronite Order.

History

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From July 5, 1901 began to come to Argentina the first Lebanese Maronite missionaries who founded the first mission in the Lebanese diaspora in South America.

The Eparchy of San Charbel was established by Pope John Paul II on 5 October 1990, on territory previously without proper ordinary of the particular church. It is named after its patron saint, Charbel Makhluf.

Territory and statistics

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The jurisdiction of the eparchy extends to all Maronite Catholic faithful living in Argentina. Its eparchial seat is the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, where is located the Saint Maron Cathedral.[4]

It is not exempt, nor a hierarchical part of the Maronite patriarchal ecclesiastical structure, but a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in Argentina, like its Ukrainian Catholic counterpart, the Eparchy Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires.

The Christians of this diocese are mostly emigrants and are originally from Lebanon. Their naming is originated from Saint Maron the founder of the Maronite Church. The Eparchy of Saint Charbel of Buenos Aires counted some 750,000[5] Lebanese Maronite Catholics of prevalent Arab Christian origin in 2010 and there were four parishes.

Episcopal ordinaries

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Eparchs of San Charbel of Buenos Aires

See also

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References

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  1. ^ maronite-heritage.com
  2. ^ "aicaold.com.ar". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  3. ^ maronite-heritage.com
  4. ^ gcatholic.org
  5. ^ maronite-heritage.com
  6. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.11.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
Additional sources
  • Ecclesiastical Guide of Argentina (AICA), Catholic Argentina Agency.
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