Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Cyprus of the Maronites, Diocese of

CIPRO DEI MARONITI, DIOCESI DI

By Mariano Baffi

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Also known as: Latin: Cyprensis Maronitarum

CYPRUS OF THE MARONITES, Diocese of. - Since 1357 C. of the M. has been the seat of a Catholic bishopric of the Maronite rite (Cyprensis Maronitarum), whose jurisdiction extends over 60,000 faithful, divided into 82 parishes, assisted by 104 priests. The holder of the diocese has his residence at Qurnet Šahwan, in the Lebanese Republic. The diocese itself possesses 3 seminaries with about fifty students, as well as 22 religious houses, of which 16 are for men and 6 for women.

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BIBL.: S. Congregazione Orientale, Statistiche e cenni storici sulle gerarchie e sui fedeli di rito orientale, Città del Vaticano 1932, pp. 58-59 and 135; Ann. pontificio 1949.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1698.

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Mariano Baffi. “Cipro dei Maroniti, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1698. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cipro-dei-maroniti-diocesi-di.

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Mariano Baffi. “Cipro dei Maroniti, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1698. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cipro-dei-maroniti-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Mariano Baffi},
  title     = {Cipro dei Maroniti, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1698},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cipro-dei-maroniti-diocesi-di}
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