Archeparchy of Tripoli (Maronite) Archieparchia Tripolitanus Maronitarum | |
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Location | |
Country | Lebanon |
Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2014) 147,800 (n/a%) |
Parishes | 126 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Maronite |
Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
Established | 5 September 1965 |
Cathedral | Saint Michael Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
Archeparch | Youssef Soueif |
The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli (Tripoli of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Tripolitanus Maronitarum) is a non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Maronite Church in the north-west of Lebanon.
It is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (not part of any Ecclesiastical province) and the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches. It is currently ruled by Archeparch Youssef Soueif. Its archeparchial (archiepiscopal) seat is the Saint Michael Cathedral in the city of Tripoli (Arabic Tarabulus as-Sam) in Lebanon.