Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles

Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite) Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum
St. Raymond's Cathedral in St. Louis
Location
Country	United States
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2013) 52,300
Parishes	35
Information
Sui iuris church	Maronite Church
Rite	West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established	February 19, 1994 (23 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady Of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral
Co-cathedral	St. Raymond’s Co-Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparch	Abdallah Elias Zaidan
Emeritus Bishops	Robert Joseph Shaheen
Map
Website
www.eparchy.org/ourladyoflebanon/

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (in Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is an entity pertaining to the Apostolic Maronite Patriarchal Church of Antioch and includes the Maronite faithful in the western part of the United States. In conformity with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO), the Eparchy is under the direct jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff. In 2013 there were 52,300 baptized. It is currently ruled by eparch Abdallah Elias Zaidan, MLM.

The eparchy includes the faithful of the Maronite Church in thirty-four western, central and southern states of the United States of America. With a decree from the Sacred Congregation of the Eastern Churches, dated July 10, 2001, the see of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, with St. Raymond elevated to the rank of Co-Cathedral., as of 9 Sep 2011, the history quoted here was a verbatim copy of the history page of the Eparchy website. Its see cathedral is located on the Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles).

Its territory is divided into 35 parishes and in 2013 had 52,300 Lebanese Maronite Catholics.

Immigration of Maronites from present-day Lebanon to the United States began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. When they were able to obtain a priest, communities were established under the jurisdiction of the local Latin Bishops.

Pope Paul VI, with the Apostolic Constitution Cum supremi of January 10, 1966, established the Maronite Apostolic Exarchate for the Maronite faithful of the United States. Francis Mansour Zayek was appointed the first bishop in a decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Churches dated January 27, 1966. The See city was Detroit, Michigan, with a Cathedral under the patronage of St Maron. At that time, the Exarchate was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit.