Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada
| Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Country | United States , Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | immediately |
| Diocesan bishop | Philippos Stephanos Thottathil |
| founding | 2010 |
| surface | 9,629,091 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2016) |
| Residents | 317,238,626 (2016) |
| Catholics | 11,500 (2016) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2016) |
| Catholics per priest | 767 |
| Religious sisters | 35 (2016) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| cathedral | St. Vincent de Paul Malankara Catholic Cathedral, Elmont |
The Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace is an immediate eparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church based in Elmont . It includes the believers of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church living in the United States and Canada.
history
The eparchy was founded on July 14, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. established as the Apostolic Exarchate of the United States. The first Apostolic Exarch was Thomas Naickamparampil . On January 4, 2016, Pope Francis elevated the exarchate to the rank of an eparchy and appointed the previous exarch Thomas Naickamparampil as the first diocesan bishop. The entire territory of Canada, for which Thomas Naickamparampil had previously exercised jurisdiction as Apostolic Visitator, was added to the territory of the previous exarchate .
See also
Web links
- Vatican Bulletin (Italian)
- Entry for the Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on the Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione dell'Eparchia di St. Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada dei Siro Malankaresi e nomina del primo Vescovo Eparchiale. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 4, 2016, accessed January 4, 2016 (Italian).