Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut

The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (sui iuris, Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac/Aramaic language) for all Lebanon.

Its cathedral episcopal see is in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

History

Established on 3 July 1957, on territory split off from the suppressed Eparchy of Gazireh of the Chaldeans.

Gabriel Naamo (1957.06.28 – death 1964.02.12), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ (Latin) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.28) & Apostolic Administrator of Syria of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27) & Apostolic Administrator of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkey) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)
Gabriel Ganni (1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Gargara (1956.03.19 – 1964.02.12) & Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (1959 – 1964.02.12), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (1956.03.19 – 1959); later Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15) & Coadjutor Archeparch of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1966.03.02 – death 1971.01.15), succeeding as Archeparch of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (1971.01.15 – 1981.11.10)
Raphael J. Bidawid (1966.03.02 – 1989.05.21), previously Eparch of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1957.01.20 – 1966.03.02); later Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1989.05.21] 1989.06.11 – death 2003.07.07), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07), President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07)
Michel Kassarji (2001.01.12 – ...)

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v t e Chaldean Catholic Church episcopal hierarchy
Patriarchate	Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (List) at Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows in Baghdad, Iraq
Metropolitan archeparchies	Baghdad Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya Tehran Urmyā
Other archeparchies	Ahvaz Basra Diyarbakır Arbil Mosul
Eparchies	Aleppo Alqosh Aqra (Akra) Beirut Cairo Mar Addai of Toronto Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney Salmas (suffragan of Urmya) Amadiyah and Zaku
Patriarchal dependencies	Jerusalem Jordan
Titular sees	Metropolitan : Rew-Ardashir / Other Archiepiscopal : Kaškar, Nisibis / Episcopal : Anbar, Mardin, Seert
Other former eparchies	Amadia, Gazireh, Perat-Maishan, Sulaimaniya, Zaku
See also	Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552
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