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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn

The Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn is a Antiochene Syriac Maronite Church eparchy of the Catholic Church headquartered in Brooklyn, New York for the East Coast 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 2017 there were 33,000 baptized. It is led by eparch Gregory John Mansour.

Territory and statistics
The eparchy includes the Maronite Catholic faithful in the eastern coast states of the United States. It borders in the north with the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal, which covers Canada, and to the west with the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, which covers thirty-four states of the United States. Its eparchial seat is the city of Brooklyn, where is located the Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral. The Saint Maron Maronite church in Detroit, dedicated to Saint Maron, is the former cathedral church of the eparchy. The territory is divided into 34 parishes and in 2017 had 33,000 Lebanese Maronite Catholics. ==History==
History
Foundation The diocese has its roots in the establishment of a Maronite Apostolic Exarchate (the equivalent in the Eastern Churches of an Apostolic Vicariate) by Pope Paul VI's papal bull Cum supremi on 10 January 1966. Its object was to provide a unified structure to serve the Lebanese Maronite Catholics scattered around the country, who were subject, up to that point, to the local Roman Catholic diocese. At that time, Pope Paul appointed Francis Mansour Zayek as the first exarch of the Maronites in the United States. The eparchate was based in Detroit, Michigan. Zayek, who had just spent several years in a similar post in Brazil, arrived in the United States with a rudimentary knowledge of English, only to find an unfinished cathedral and rectory. He took office on 27 January 1966. Zayek was installed as its first bishop on June 4, 1972. The seat of the eparchy was moved from Detroit to the Church of Saint Maron in Brooklyn on 27 June 1977 by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and it also renamed the name of the Eparchy to Saint Maron of Brooklyn. Zayek retired in 1996, with the personal title of Archbishop, and was succeeded by Bishop Stephen Youssef Doueihi, who himself retired on 10 January 2004 and was succeeded by Gregory J. Mansour. ==Parishes and missions==
Parishes and missions
, the eparchy counts 43 parishes, served by 51 priests and 17 deacons. Parishes are located in the following states: • Connecticut (3) • St. Anthony Maronite Church: Danbury, CT • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church: Waterbury, CT • St. Maron Maronite Church: Torrington, CTDistrict of Columbia (1) • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church: Washington, D.C. • Florida (6) • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church: Miami, FL • St. Jude Maronite Church: Orlando, FL • Mary Mother of the Light Maronite Mission: Tequesta, Florida • Saint Maron Maronite Mission: Jacksonville, FL • Heart of Jesus Maronite Church: Ft. Lauderdale, FL • Mission of Saints Peter and Paul: Tampa, FLGeorgia (1) • St. Joseph Maronite Church: Atlanta, GAMaine (1) • St. Joseph Maronite Church: Waterville, MEMassachusetts (7) • St. Theresa Maronite Church: Brockton, MA • St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Church: Fall River, MA • Our Lady of the Cedars Maronite Church: Jamaica Plain, MA • St. Anthony Maronite Church: Lawrence, MA • Our Lady of Purgatory Maronite Church: New Bedford, MA • St. Anthony Maronite Church: Springfield, MA • Our Lady of Mercy Maronite Church: Worcester, MANew Hampshire (1) • St. George Maronite Catholic Church: Dover, NHNew Jersey (2) • St. Sharbel Maronite Church: Somerset, NJ • Our Lady Star of the East Maronite Catholic Mission: Pleasantville, NJNew York (6) • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral: Brooklyn, NY • Saint John Paul II Maronite Catholic Church: Sleepy Hollow, New York • St. Joseph Maronite Church Olean, NYSt. Ann Maronite Church: Watervliet, NY • St. Louis Gonzaga Maronite Church Utica, NY • St. John Maron Maronite Church: Williamsville, NYNorth Carolina (3) • St Michael the Archangel Maronite Church: Fayetteville, NC • Saint Sharbel Maronite Church Raleigh, NC • Saint Stephen Maronite Mission Waxhaw, NCPennsylvania (9) • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church: Easton, PA • Our Lady of Victory Maronite Church: Pittsburgh, PA • Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Maronite Mission: Darlington, PA • St. Ann Maronite Church: Scranton, PA • St. John the Baptist Maronite Church: New Castle, PA • St. George Maronite Church: Uniontown, PA • St. Anthony/St. George Maronite Church: Wilkes-Barre, PA • St. Maron Maronite Church: Philadelphia, PA • St. Sharbel Maronite Church: Newtown Square, PARhode Island (1) • St. George Maronite Church: Cranston, RISouth Carolina (1) • Mission of St. Rafka: Greer, SCVirginia (2) • St. Anthony Maronite Church: Richmond, VA • St. Elias Maronite Church: Roanoke, VAWest Virginia (1) • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church: Wheeling, WV ==Bishops==
Bishops
Ordinaries Apostolic Exarch of the United States of AmericaFrancis Mansour Zayek (27 January 1966 - 29 November 1971) Eparch of Saint Maron of DetroitFrancis Mansour Zayek (November 29, 1971 - 27 June 1977) Eparch of Saint Maron of BrooklynFrancis Mansour Zayek (June 27, 1977 - November 11, 1996 retired) • Stephen Youssef Doueihi (November 11, 1996 - January 10, 2004 retired) • Gregory John Mansour (January 10, 2004 – present) Other priest of this eparchy who became bishopPeter Karam, appointed Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon in 2019 ==See also==
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