Apostolic Exarchate Venezuela (Melkites)
Apostolic Exarchate Venezuela (Melkites) | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Apostolic Exarch | Joseph Khawam BA |
Apostolic Exarch Emeritus | Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty BA |
founding | 1990 |
surface | 916,445 km² |
Parishes | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 28,833,845 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 28,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 0.1% |
Diocesan priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 9,333 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Byzantine rite |
cathedral | Catedral San Jorge |
address | Apartado 20120, Final 3a Avenida de Montalbán 2, Caracas 1020, Venezuela |
The Apostolic Exarchate Venezuela ( lat. : Apostolicus Exarchatus Caracensis Graecorum Melkitarum ) is in Venezuela located Apostolic Exarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church , based in Caracas .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quo longius on February 19, 1990.
Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
- Boutros Raï BA , 1990-1994
- Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty BA, 1995–2019
- Joseph Khawam BA, since 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry on Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Apostolic Exarchate Venezuela on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apostolic Constitution (Latin)