Archeparchy of Baniyas (Melkite Greek) Archeparchy Caesariensis or Paneadensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33°21′43″N 35°35′23″E / 33.36194°N 35.58972°E |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,500 |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 1886 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Youssef Absi |
| Archeparch | Georges Nicholas Haddad |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas (in Latin: Archeparchy Caesariensis or Paneadensis) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2009 there were 2,500 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Georges Nicholas Haddad, SMSP. The Archeparchy is named after the city of Baniyas in the Golan Heights at the foot of Mount Hermon.