Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Gibail, Diocese of

GIBAIL, DIOCESI DI

By Guglielmo de Vries

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Also known as: Jubayl; Diocese of Byblos; French: Giblet, Gibelet; Latin: Byblus

GIBAIL, Diocese of. - Ancient Byblos in Phoenicia, the Giblet of the Crusaders, today a village of 1,500 inhabitants, 30 km north of Beirut on the Mediterranean. G. is, together with Botri, the patriarchal diocese of the Maronite patriarch who resides at Békorki.

Faithful: 22,774; priests: 93; male religious houses: 6; parishes: 70; Catholic Action works: 5; confraternities: 145; schools and institutes: 30.

The Melkite diocese of G. was united with that of Beirut by the bull of 16 Aug. 1881 under Leo XIII.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: P. Dib, Maronite (Eglis), in DThC, X, col. 122; Statistica della gerarchia e dei fedeli di rito or., Vatican City 1932, pp. 59-60, 306; Annuario pontificio, 1949, p. 191.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 382.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Gibail, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 382. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/gibail-diocesi-di.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Gibail, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 382. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gibail-diocesi-di.

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  title     = {Gibail, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {382},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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