Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada
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The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (informally Canada of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Canada.
Apostolic Exarchate of Canada | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| Rite | West Syriac Rite |
| Established | 7 January 2016 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Eparch | Antoine Nassif |
It is exempt directly to the Holy See (specifically the Congregation for the Oriental Churches), and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History edit
Established on 7 January 2016 as Apostolic Exarchate of Canada, on territory split off from the Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark in the United States. On the same day, Antoine Nassif was appointed eparch-elect and titular bishop of Serigene. He was ordained as bishop on 23 January 2016.[1]
Apostolic exarchs edit
- Antoine Nassif, appointed January 3, 2016
Extent edit
It comprises six churches, in five local communities in Ontario and Quebec:
- in Ontario
- in Quebec