Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia
Maronite Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia
Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (Maronite) Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Metropolitan | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Headquarters | Lebanon |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Maronite Church |
| Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
| Established | 20 January 2016 |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
| Apostolic Exarch | Fadi Abou Chebel |
| Website | |
| http://www.exarcadomaronitadecolombia.org/ | |
Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (in Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae) is the Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction) of the Maronite Church for all Colombia, in South America.
Its exarchial episcopal see is the pro-Cathedral of Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon, in Colombian capital Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The exarchate's current ordinary is Apostolic Exarch Fadi Abou Chebel.
History
The Maronite Apostolic Exarchate was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016, [1] Its first Apostolic Exarch, without episcopal character, is Fadi Abou Chebel, OMM, also appointed apostolic visitor of the Maronite faithful living in Peru and Ecuador.[2]
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Exarchs
- Fadi Abou Chebel, Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.) (20 January 2016 - ...)
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Sources and external links
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- Archeparchy of Cyprus
- Eparchy of the Annunciation, Ibadan
- Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia
- Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris
- Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal
- Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
- Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
- Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico
- Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
- Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires
- Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo
- Cathedrals:
- St George Cathedral, Beirut
- Cathedral of Saint Elijah, Aleppo
- St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa
- Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Brooklyn)
- Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles)
- St. Raymond Cathedral (St. Louis)
- Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
- St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan
- Valvanera Cathedral, Mexico City
- Our Lady of Grace Cathedral (Nicosia)
- Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Paris)
- Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, São Paulo
- St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney
- Churches:
- Church of Saidet et Tallé
- Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
- St. Ann's Church, Albany
- St. Sharbel Church, Portland
- Shrines:
- Our Lady of Lebanon
- Our Lady of Bekaa
- Our Lady of Bechouat
- Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (North Jackson, Ohio)
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