Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires
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The Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires[2] (Spanish: Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires; Latin: Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, a Latin Church archdiocese.
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Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2010) 750,000[1] |
Parishes | 4 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Maronite Church |
Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
Established | 5 October 1990 (33 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires |
Patron saint | St Charbel Makhluf |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
Eparch | Habib Chamieh |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Aurelio Poli |
Bishops emeritus | Charbel Georges Merhi |
Website | |
www.misionlibanesa.com.ar |
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It has a cathedral , the Catedral San Marón, located episcopal see of Buenos Aires. In 2010 there were 750,000 members.[3] It is governed by Habib Chamieh, Mariamite Maronite Order.