Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso in São Paulo
| Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso in São Paulo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of São Paulo |
| Diocesan bishop | Georges Khoury |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Fares Maakaroun |
| founding | 1971 |
| surface | 8,514,215 km² |
| Parishes | 4 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 190,732,694 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 446,600 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 49,622 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| cathedral | Catedral Melquita Nossa Senhora do Paraíso |
| Website | http://www.igrejamaronita.org.br/ |
The Eparchia Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo ( Latin : Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisis S. Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum ) is a Melkite eparchy unified with the Roman Catholic Church and based in São Paulo .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Haec romana on November 29, 1971. Before that, the Melkite believers were subordinate to the ordinariate for the Byzantine believers in Brazil .
Bishops
- Elias Coueter (November 29, 1971– June 22, 1978, retired)
- Spiridon Mattar (June 22, 1978– April 20, 1990, resigned)
- Pierre Mouallem MSP (April 20, 1990– July 29, 1998, then Archbishop of Akka )
- Fares Maakaroun (December 18, 1999– July 21, 2014)
- Joseph Gébara (July 21, 2014– February 20, 2018, then Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia )
- Georges Khoury (since June 17, 2019)