Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal

Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal (Melkite Greek)
Eparchia Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitansis Graecorum Melkitarum Catholicorum
Location
Country Canada
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
33,000
Parishes 4
Information
Denomination Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established 1984
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Patriarch Gregory III Laham
Eparch Ibrahim Ibrahim (bishop)

Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of the Saint-Sauveur de Montréal[1] (in Latin: Eparchia Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitansis Graecorum Melkitarum Catholicorum) is an eparchy to all Melkites in Canada and is based in Montréal.

Territory and statistics

The eparchy includes the faithful of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Canada. Its eparchial seat is the city of Montreal, where the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour is located. The name of the eparchy is derived from the French naming Saint-Sauveur.

The diocese at the end of the year 2010 had 33,000 baptized and is divided into four parishes.

History

Pope Paul VI founded by the Apostolic constitution Qui benignissimo the Apostolic Exarchate in Canada on April 9, 1968. On October 13, 1980 Pope John Paul II issued a bull Qui benignissimo, which established the Apostolic Exarchate of the Saint-Sauveur.[2] On September 1, 1984 Pope John Paul II issued a bull Beati Petri,[3] which transformed the Apostolic Exarchate of the Saint-Sauveur in an eparchy.

Communities and religious

The Eparchy have parishes in Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.

It also includes the provinces of two orders associated with the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) and the Canadian lieutenancy of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal

References

External links

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