Archeparchy Akka
| Archeparchy Akka | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Israel |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Youssef Matta |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Pierre Mouallem MSP Elias Chacour |
| surface | 20,991 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 2,000,000 ( 1970 ) |
| Catholics | 75,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 3.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,273 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| cathedral | Prophet Elias Cathedral |
| address | Archeveche Grec-Catholique, BP 279, rue Hagefen 33, 31002 Haifa, Israel |
The Akka Archeparchy ( Latin Archieparchia Ptolemaidensis Melchitarum ) is a Melkite Archparchy with its seat in Haifa, unified with the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The Archparchy was established in 1759 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Tire . It goes back to an ancient bishopric in Akka (Akko [n]) from the third century .
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Pope Paul VI elevated it with the Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis synodus on November 18, 1964 to an archeparchy. The Prophet Elias Cathedral was built in Haifa in 1939.
See also
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses # Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- List of the Melkite Archbishops of Akko
- Roman Catholic Church in Israel
Web links
- Entry to Archeparchy of Akka [San Giovanni d'Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 25, 2018.
- Entry on Greek-Melkite Archdiocese of Akka on gcatholic.org (English)