Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo

The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo (Portuguese: Eparquia Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo; Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis Sancti Pauli Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Brazil.

The eparchy includes Maronite parishes in Brazil, which are situated mainly in the southeastern part of the country: São Paulo, Bauru, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Guarulhos and Piracicaba.

[2] Zayek served as bishop for the Maronite Catholics of that country until 1966, when he was transferred by the Holy See to the United States.

Bishop João Chedid resigned in 1990 by reason of advanced age and poor health and died in Lebanon on 30 July 1991.

The third bishop of the Maronite Church was Joseph Mahfouz who was elected on June 9, 1990, and consecrated on August 12, 1990, in Lebanon.