Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of 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 - ...)

References

Sources and external links

v t e Maronite Church
West Syriac Rite
Patriarch	List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch Bkerké Dimane Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparchies	Archeparchy of Beirut Archeparchy of Antelias Archeparchy of Tripoli Archeparchy of Tyre Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar Eparchy of Batroun Eparchy of Byblos Eparchy of Sidon Eparchy of Zahleh Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Aleppo Eparchy of Latakia Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan Eparchy of Cairo 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
Churches	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) Monasteries: Monastery of Saint Maron Monastery of Qozhaya Mar Sarkis, Ehden Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Kreim Maronite Convent, Jerusalem
Religious institutes	Lebanese Maronite Order Antonin Maronite Order Mariamite Maronite Order Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries
Saints	Maron John Maron Abraham of Cyrrhus Domnina of Syria Chayna Nimatullah Kassab Charbel Makhlouf Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès Bl. Istifan al-Duwayhi Bl. Elias Peter Hoayek
Traditions	Three Sundays of Commemoration
See also	Lebanese Maronite Christians Cross of All Nations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame des Secours
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