Eparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ignace André Akhidjan † (23 Apr 1663 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1677 Died)
• Ignace Michel III Djarwé (Jarweh) † (15 Dec 1783 Appointed - 4 Sep 1800 Died)
• Ignace Michel Zahir (Daher) † (20 Dec 1802 Confirmed - Sep 1810 Resigned)
• Ignace Siméon Zora † (8 Mar 1816 Confirmed - 1 Jun 1818 Resigned)
• Ignace Pierre Jarweh (Jaroue, Djarwé) † (28 Jan 1828 Confirmed - 1841 Resigned)
• Youssef Hayek † ( 1841 Appointed - 1866 Died)
• Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (30 Nov 1853 Appointed - 16 Jun 1864 Died)
• Ignazio Filippo Harcus † (6 Aug 1866 Confirmed - 7 Mar 1874 Died)
• Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (21 Dec 1874 Appointed - 8 Dec 1891 Died)
• Théophile Antoine Kandelaft (Qandalift) † (2 Jun 1886 Appointed - 5 Aug 1898 Died)
• Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (20 Sep 1890 Appointed - 1 May 1894 Appointed, Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian))
• Cirillo Benham Benni † (18 May 1894 Appointed - 13 Sep 1897 Died)
• Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (28 Nov 1898 Confirmed - 7 May 1929 Died)
• Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni † (15 Jul 1929 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1968 Died)
• Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (20 Mar 1968 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1998 Resigned)
• Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † (20 Oct 1998 Confirmed - 8 Jan 2001 Resigned)
• Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad † (20 Feb 2001 Confirmed - 2 Feb 2008 Retired)
• Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan (22 Jan 2009 Confirmed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1999	26,000			16		16	1,625			9	7	ap2000
2000	4,500			16		16	281			11	7	ap2001
2001	20,000			16		16	1,250			11	5	ap2002
2002	4,500			12	1	13	346		1	7	5	ap2003
2003	14,500			12	1	13	1,115		1	7	5	ap2004
2004	14,500			12	1	13	1,115		1	7	5	ap2005
2006	14,700			12	1	13	1,130		5	7	5	ap2007
2009	14,500			15	1	16	906		5	7	5	ap2010
2012	100,000			14	5	19	5,263	3	17	16	5	ap2013
2015	32,000			13		13	2,461	5	5	6	5	ap2016
2018	32,000			11	2	13	2,461	6	7	10	6	ap2019
2020	32,000			11	2	13	2,461	6	7	10	6	ap2021
2022	32,000			11	2	13	2,461	6	7	10	6	ap2023
2023	32,000			11	2	13	2,461	6	7	10	6	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros
• Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami (Deacon: 15 Mar 1987; Priest: 21 Jun 1987 to 31 Oct 2019)
• Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar (Deacon: 7 Feb 2008; Priest: 30 Apr 2009 to 10 Sep 2020)
• Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan (Bishop: 22 Jan 2009)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad † (Bishop: 20 Feb 2001 to 2 Feb 2008)
• Ignace André Akhidjan † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1663 to 24 Jul 1677)
• Cirillo Benham Benni † (Bishop: 18 May 1894 to 13 Sep 1897)
• Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1874 to 8 Dec 1891)
• Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1998 to 8 Jan 2001)
• Ignace Michel III Djarwé (Jarweh) † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1783 to 4 Sep 1800)
• Ignazio Filippo Harcus † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1866 to 7 Mar 1874)
• Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1968 to 23 Jul 1998)
• Youssef Hayek † (Bishop: 1841 to 1866)
• Ignace Pierre Jarweh (Jaroue, Djarwé) † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1828 to 1841)
• Théophile Antoine Kandelaft (Qandalift) † (Patriarchal Vicar: 2 Jun 1886 to 5 Aug 1898)
• Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1890 to 1 May 1894)
• Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (Bishop: 30 Nov 1853 to 16 Jun 1864)
• Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1929 to 29 Jan 1968)
• Ignace Michel Zahir (Daher) † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1802 to Sep 1810)
• Ignace Siméon Zora † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 1 Jun 1818)