Eparchy Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
| Eparchy Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Syrian Catholic Church |
| Country | United States and Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Yousif Benham Habash |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 19,613,761 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 342,260,000 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 13,140 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.314 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| Liturgical language |
Arabic Syriac |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance |
| address | 502 Palisade Ave., Union City, NJ 07087-8262 |
| Website | http://www.SyriacCatholic.us |
The Eparchy Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark ( Latin : Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Liberationis Novarcensis Syrorum ) is an eparchy of the Syrian Catholic Church, which is united with the Roman Catholic Church and is based in Newark , New Jersey , in the United States of America .
history
Until 1995, the Syrian Catholic parishes in the United States and Canada were under the jurisdiction of the local bishops of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church .
Pope John Paul II founded the Eparchy with the Apostolic Constitution Principis Apostolorum on November 6, 1995.
In 2009, Bishop Younan was elected Primate of the Syrian Catholic Church and Patriarch of Antioch and all of Eastern Syria. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Yousif Benham Habash as second local ordinary .
Bishops of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
- Ignatius Joseph Younan (November 6, 1995 to January 20, 2009, then Patriarch of Antioch )
- Yousif Benham Habash (since April 12, 2010)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchie of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Syrian Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark on gcatholic.org (English)
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