Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia explained

Jurisdiction:Apostolic Exarchate
Colombia (Maronite)
Latin:Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae
Country: Colombia
Metropolitan:Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Maronite Church
Rite:West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established:20 January 2016
Cathedral:Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
Patriarch:Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Bishop Title:Apostolic Exarch
Bishop:Fadi Abou Chebel
Website:http://www.exarcadomaronitadecolombia.org/
Headquarters:Lebanon

Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (in Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae) is the Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction) of the Maronite Church for all Colombia, in South America.

Its exarchial episcopal see is the pro-Cathedral of Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon, in Colombian capital Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The exarchate's current ordinary is Apostolic Exarch Fadi Abou Chebel.

History

The Maronite Apostolic Exarchate was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016, [1] Its first Apostolic Exarch, without episcopal character, is Fadi Abou Chebel, OMM, also appointed apostolic visitor of the Maronite faithful living in Peru and Ecuador.[2]

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs

Sources and external links

Notes and References

  1. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/01/20/0037/00074.html press.vatican.va
  2. http://www.cec.org.co/sistema-informativo/destacados/papa-erige-exarca-para-fieles-de-rito-maronita-en-colombia cec.org.co