Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada explained

Jurisdiction:Apostolic Exarchate
Canada
Country:Canada
Parishes:6
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Syriac Catholic Church
Rite:West Syriac Rite
Established:7 January 2016
Bishop Title:Eparch
Bishop:Antoine Nassif

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.

It is exempt directly to the Holy See (specifically the Congregation for the Oriental Churches), and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

History

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

(Syriac Catholic Church)

Extent

It comprises six churches, in five local communities in Ontario and Quebec:

in Ontario :
in Quebec :

Source and External links

45.5413°N -73.7296°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Paul Antoine Nassif [Catholic-Hierarchy].