Following their monthly meeting, the bishops hailed the release of the Lebanese soldiers who were abducted by the al-Nusra Front.
They also issued a statement whereby by the called upon the concerned parties to exert all the efforts needed to release the soldiers held hostage by the Islamic State.
Al Qaeda's Syrian wing freed on Tuesday (December 1) 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen in exchange for the release of jailed Islamists including the ex-wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The Nusra Front seized the Lebanese 16 months ago during an attack on the Lebanese border town of Arsal mounted together with the Islamic State jihadist group which is still believed to be holding nine soldiers captured in the incursion.