The Catholic Church in Lebanon is particularly complex, given the mix of rite-specific (Latin and Eastern Catholic) branches, yet its entire episcopate is joined in a special Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon.
The Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction partakes in the Episcopal conference of the Arab region Latin bishops.
Four of the five Eastern Catholic churches (not the
Chaldean Catholics) count Lebanese member(s) in their Patriarchal Synods, Antioch/Beirut being thrice a Patriarchal see in name and/or fact :
Synod of the Maronite Church (mainly Lebanese)
Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church
Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (each with a major Lebanese component)
Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church.
There also is an
Apostolic Nunciature to Lebanon as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level), headquartered in
Jounieh, but accredited in the national capital
Beirut.
Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia, the patriarchal head of the particular church for the whole Armenian rite, with cathedral see in Beirut, Lebanon, as Metropolitan Archeparch (Archbishop), with four suffragan eparchies, including one Lebanese :
Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, with a cathedral see in Beirut, for Lebanon, with a single suffragan, for the same proper eparchy (diocese) of the Patriarch: