Archeparchy of Baalbek (Melkite Greek) Archeparchia Heliopolitana Graecorum Melkitarum | |
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Location | |
Country | Lebanon |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2010) 20,000 |
Parishes | 7 |
Information | |
Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 18 November 1964 (60 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Barbara Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Youssef Absi |
Archeparch | Elias Rahal, SMSP |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baalbek (in Latin: Archeparchia Heliopolitana Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Catholic Church immediately subject to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Melkites. It is currently governed by Archbishop Elias Rahal.