Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina

Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
Location
Country Argentina
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2009)
300,000
Parishes 3
Information
Denomination Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established 2002
Cathedral Saint George Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Patriarch Gregory III Laham
Apostolic Exarch Ibrahim Salameh

Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina is an Apostolic Exarchate (missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church covering all of Argentina for its Byzantine Rite.

It is immediately subject to the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. It is currently governed by Bishop Ibrahim Salameh, SMSP.

Territory and statistics

Apostolic Exarchate to the Melkites has jurisdiction over all the faithful of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Argentina. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint George in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. In 2010 there were 300,000 baptized.

Parishes

The territory is divided into three parishes:

History

In the late of the 19th century began the first Melkite Christians' immigration to Argentina. Two major waves of immigration took place between 1910 and 1930 and from 1949 to 1950. The majority of immigrants came from Lebanon and Syria and settled mostly in Rosario, Buenos Aires and Córdoba.

The Apostolic Exarchate was erected on 21 March 2002 with the papal bull Quandoquidem saeculorum[1] of Pope John Paul II.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Argentina

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