Eparchy Newton

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Eparchy Newton
Map of Eparchy Newton
Basic data
Rite church Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Country United States
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Nicholas James Samra
founding 1966
surface 9,826,675 km²
Parishes 41 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 322,755,353 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 23,342 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 0%
Diocesan priest 53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 348
Permanent deacons 64 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 16 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 4 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Byzantine rite
Liturgical language English , Arabic
cathedral Annunciation Cathedral
Website www.melkite.org
Coat of arms of the Eparchy of Newton, svg

The Eparchy of Newton ( lat. : Eparchia Neotoniensis Graecorum Melkitarum ) is in the United States located eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church based in the Boston area Roslindale .

history

Annunciation Cathedral in Roslindale

The Newton Eparchy was founded on January 10, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Byzantini Melkitarum as the Apostolic Exarchate United States for the Melkite believers . The United States Apostolic Exarchate for the Melkite Believers was founded on June 28, 1976 by Paul VI. Elevated to the Eparchy with the Apostolic Constitution Cum apostolicum and renamed Eparchy Newton .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of the United States

Bishops of the Newton Eparchy

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Paul VI: Const. Apost. Byzantini Melkitarum , AAS 58 (1966), n.8, p. 563f.
  2. Paul VI: Const. Apost. Cum apostolicum , AAS 69 (1977), n.2, pp. 75f.