TRIPOLI DEL LIBANO

Tripoli of Lebanon – Seat of the eponymous dioceses:
1) of the Maronites (also called Tarabulus), existing since 1534. It has: 143 churches, 135 parishes, 136 priests, 77,000 faithful; inhabitants 1,330,000;
2) of the Melkites, existing since the 4th century and re-established for the Greek-Catholics on 21 March 1897. It has 17 churches, 19 parishes, 18 priests, 8,000 faithful; inhabitants 226,759.