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Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia

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Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (Maronite)

Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae
Location
Country Colombia
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
HeadquartersLebanon
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchMaronite Church
RiteWest Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established20 January 2016
CathedralOur Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchBechara Boutros al-Rahi
Apostolic ExarchFadi Abou Chebel
Website
http://www.exarcadomaronitadecolombia.org/

Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (in Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae) is the Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction) of the Maronite Church for all Colombia, in South America.

Its exarchial episcopal see is the pro-Cathedral of Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon, in Colombian capital Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The exarchate's current ordinary is Apostolic Exarch Fadi Abou Chebel.

History

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The Maronite Apostolic Exarchate was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016, [1] Its first Apostolic Exarch, without episcopal character, is Fadi Abou Chebel, OMM, also appointed apostolic visitor of the Maronite faithful living in Peru and Ecuador.[2]

Ordinaries

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Apostolic Exarchs

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