Jurisdiction: | Apostolic Exarchate |
Venezuela (Syriac) | |
Latin: | Exarchatus Apostolicus pro fidelibus ritus Antiocheni Syrorum in Venetiola |
Country: | Venezuela |
Province: | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Catholics: | 5,000 Syriac Catholics |
Parishes: | 11 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Syriac Catholic Church |
Rite: | West Syriac Rite |
Established: | 22 June 2001 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción |
Bishop Title: | Exarch |
Bishop: | Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni |
The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela is a Syriac Catholic Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela. It is exempt directly to the Holy See (specifically the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches) and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral is the Catedral Católica Siria de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (dedicated to the Assumption of Mary), in the episcopal see of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela.
Pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela for Syriac Catholics on 22 June 2001.[1] [2]