Eparchy Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México
| Eparchy Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Joseph Khawam |
| surface | 1,972,550 km² |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 124,574,795 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 4,600 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,150 |
| Friars | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
The Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México ( lat. : Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi in Civitate Mexicana Graecorum Melkitarum ) is in Mexico located eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church , based in Mexico City .
history
The emigration of Melkite Christians from the Middle East to Mexico began between around 1875 and 1895. An increasing number of emigrants followed after the two world wars . The vast majority came from southern Lebanon and some from Syria . The first joint services in the Byzantine rite were celebrated in 1927. The pastoral care was initially taken over by the Salvatorians . The first religious priest of the Mission Society of St. Paul , a Melkite religious community who stayed in Mexico at the request of his relatives, was Father Sleiman Khoury SMSP , who was later ordained Archimandrite . He was the first pastor of a parish for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Mexico. The Lebanese ambassador to Mexico Joseph Abu Khater asked the Mexican government for permission to build a church in Mexico City, which is now a cathedral and the seat of the Exarch of Mexico.
The eparchy was finally established on February 27, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolorum Principis .
Bishops of the Eparchy Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México
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Boutros Raï BA , 1988–1994
- Archimandrite Antoine Mouhanna , 2000–2006 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Archimandrite Gabriel Ghanoum BS, 2006–2015 (Apostolic Administrator)
- Nicholas James Samra , 2015–2019 (Apostolic Administrator)
- Joseph Khawam BA, since 2019 (Apostolic Administrator)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchie Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Apostolorum Principis , AAS 80 (1988), n.10, pp. 1262f.