Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
| Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch |
| Diocesan bishop | Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim BS |
| founding | 1984 |
| surface | 9,984,670 km ² |
| Parishes | 4 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 34,019,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 39,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,786 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2008 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| cathedral | Cathédrale de Saint-Sauveur |
| address | 34 ave Maplewood, Outremont, Qué. H2V 2M1, Canada |
| Website | www.melkite.com |
The Eparchia Saint-Sauveur de Montréal ( Latin Eparchia Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitansis Graecorum Melkitarum Catholicorum ) is a Melkite eparchy unified with the Roman Catholic Church and based in Montréal . The registered office is at the Cathédrale de Saint-Sauveur, 10025 blvd de l'Acadie, Montréal, Québec H4N 2S1.
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Exarchate Canada with the Apostolic Constitution Qui benignissimo on April 9, 1968. With the Apostolic Constitution Beati Petri , it was elevated to an eparchy by Pope John Paul II on September 1, 1984 and received its current name. The eparchy is responsible for all Christians of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church living in Canada. About 39,000 Melkite Christians live in Canada. The name of the eparchy is derived from the French naming, Saint-Sauveur stands for the "Redeemer".
Congregations and orders
The eparchy includes the parishes in Québec , Ottawa , Toronto and Vancouver , as well as the provinces of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Canadian Lieutenancy of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Exarch of Canada
- Michel Hakim BS (October 13, 1980 - September 1, 1984)
Bishops of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
- Michel Hakim BS (September 1, 1984 - June 30, 1998)
- Sleiman Hajjar BS (July 10, 1998 - March 10, 2002)
- Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim BS (since June 18, 2003)
See also
Web links
- Éparchie Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Canada - Canadian (Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada)
- Entry on Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Greek-Melkite Diocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal on gcatholic.org (English)