Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of 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

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.

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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)

Antoine Nassif, appointed January 3, 2016

Extent

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

in Ontario

in Quebec

References

^ "Bishop Paul Antoine Nassif [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

Source and External links

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Province of Edmonton	Archdiocese of Edmonton Diocese of Calgary Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta
Province of Gatineau	Archdiocese of Gatineau Diocese of Amos Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda
Province of Grouard–McLennan	Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort Smith Diocese of Whitehorse
Province of Halifax–Yarmouth	Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth Diocese of Antigonish Diocese of Charlottetown
Province of Keewatin–Le Pas	Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas Diocese of Churchill–Hudson Bay
Province of Kingston	Archdiocese of Kingston Diocese of Peterborough Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie
Province of Moncton	Archdiocese of Moncton Diocese of Bathurst in Canada Diocese of Edmundston Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
Province of Montreal	Archdiocese of Montreal Diocese of Joliette Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier Diocese of Valleyfield
Province of Ottawa–Cornwall	Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee Diocese of Pembroke Diocese of Timmins
Province of Québec	Archdiocese of Québec Diocese of Chicoutimi Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Diocese of Trois-Rivières
Province of Regina	Archdiocese of Regina Diocese of Prince Albert Diocese of Saskatoon
Province of Rimouski	Archdiocese of Rimouski Diocese of Baie-Comeau Diocese of Gaspé
Province of Saint Boniface	Archdiocese of Saint Boniface
Province of St. John's	Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador Diocese of Grand Falls
Province of Sherbrooke	Archdiocese of Sherbrooke Diocese of Nicolet Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
Province of Toronto	Archdiocese of Toronto Diocese of Hamilton Diocese of London Diocese of Saint Catharines Diocese of Thunder Bay
Province of Vancouver	Archdiocese of Vancouver Diocese of Kamloops Diocese of Nelson Diocese of Prince George Diocese of Victoria
Metropolia of Winnipeg	Archeparchy of Winnipeg Eparchy of Edmonton Eparchy of New Westminster Eparchy of Saskatoon Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada
Exempt from the Holy See	Archdiocese of Winnipeg Military Ordinariate of Canada Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga
Former jurisdictions	Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia Diocese of Alexandria–Cornwall Diocese of Gravelbourg Diocese of Harbour Grace Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville Diocese of Mont-Laurier Diocese of Moosonee Diocese of Saint George's Diocese of Yarmouth Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster
Apostolic Nuncio	Ivan Jurkovič
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Patriarchs	Ignatius Andrew Akijan (1662–1677/1678) Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin (1678–1701/1702) Isaac Basilios Joubeir (1703–1704) (elected, not ordained) Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (1782–1800) Ignatius Michael IV Daher (1802–1810) Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora (1814–1818) Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1820–1851) Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1852/1853–1864) Ignatius Philip I Arkus (1866–1874) Ignatius George V Shelhot (1874–1891) Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1893–1897) Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (1898–1929) Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1929–1968) Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (1968–1998) Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1998–2001) Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (2001–2008) Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (2009–present)
Eparchies	Eparchy of Beirut Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Homs Archeparchy of Aleppo Archeparchy of Al-Hasakah-Nisibis Archeparchy of Mosul Archeparchy of Baghdad Eparchy of Cairo Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey Patriarchal Dependency of Sudan and South Sudan Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States Apostolic Exarchate of Canada Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela
Churches	Cathedral of Saint Paul, Damascus Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Aleppo Mar Assia al-Hakim Church Al-Tahera Church, Mosul Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, Baghdad Church of Saint Thomas, Jerusalem St. Joseph Cathedral, Bayonne St. Toma Cathedral, Farmington Hills Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Maracay
Monasteries	Mar Behnam Monastery Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian Monastery of St. Elian
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