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The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (sui iuris, Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac/Aramaic language) for all Lebanon.

It is immediately dependent on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (in Baghdad, Iraq), not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

History

Established on 3 July 1957, on territory split off from the suppressed Eparchy of Gazireh of the Chaldeans.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Chaldean Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Beirut

• Gabriel Naamo (1957.06.28 – death 1964.02.12), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ (Latin) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.28) & Apostolic Administrator of Syria of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27) & Apostolic Administrator of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkey) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)
• Gabriel Ganni (1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Gargara (1956.03.19 – 1964.02.12) & Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (1959 – 1964.02.12), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (1956.03.19 – 1959); later Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15) & Coadjutor Archeparch of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1966.03.02 – death 1971.01.15), succeeding as Archeparch of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (1971.01.15 – 1981.11.10)
• Raphael J. Bidawid (1966.03.02 – 1989.05.21), previously Eparch of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1957.01.20 – 1966.03.02); later Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ( 1989.06.11 – death 2003.07.07), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07), President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07)
• Michel Kassarji (2001.01.12 – ...)

See also

• Catholic Church in Lebanon
• Chaldean Catholic Church

References

External links

• GCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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Patriarchate	Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (List) at Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows in Baghdad, Iraq
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