Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal

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.

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. The diocese is responsible for all Melkite Greek Christians of the Catholic Church living in Canada. The name of the eparchy is derived from the French naming Saint-Sauveur.

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 territory is divided into four parishes.

The diocese at the end of the year 2010 had 33,000 baptized.

Communities and religious

The Eparchy have parishes in Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, and it also includes the Provinces of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Canadian Lieutenancy of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.

Ordinaries

• Michel Hakim, BS, Apostolic Exarch of Canada (13 October 1980 - 1 September 1984)

Bishops of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal

• Michel Hakim, BS (1 September 1984 - 30 June 1998),
• Sleiman Hajjar, BS (10 July 1998 - 10 March 2002)
• Ibrahim Ibrahim (bishop), BS (since 18 June 2003)

References

External links

(all broken links)

• http://www.missa.org/dc_emc.php*
• http://www.mliles.com/melkite/indexmelkiteothercanada.shtml*
• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmome.html*
• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zsau0.htm*