Apostolic Exarchate Latin America and Mexico
| Apostolic Exarchate Latin America and Mexico | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Country |
Brazil Mexico Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Exarch | Pablo Hakimian |
| Apostolic Exarch Emeritus | Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDS |
| founding | 1981 |
| Parishes | 2 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics | 12,000 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,000 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| rite | Armenian rite |
| Liturgical language | Armenian |
| cathedral | Catedral Armênia São Gregório Iluminador in São Paulo |
The Apostolic Exarchate Latin America and Mexico ( Latin : Apostolicus Exarchatus Americae Latinae una cum Mexico ) is an Apostolic Exarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church, which is responsible for Latin America and is based in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
history
The Apostolic Exarchate Latin America and Mexico was established on July 3, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Armeniorum fidelium . The first Apostolic Exarch was Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDB . On February 18, 1989 Argentina was outsourced from the exarchate as an independent eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Armeniorum fidelium , AAS 74 (1982), n.1 , p. 5f.