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The Syriac Catholic Church follows a similar tradition to other Eastern Catholic Churches who use the West Syriac Rite, such as the Maronites and Syro-Malankara Christians. This rite is clearly distinct from the Greek Byzantine rite of Antioch of the Melkite Catholics and their Orthodox counterparts.
Until 1995, Syriac Catholic congregations in the United States and Canada were under the ordinary jurisdiction of the local Latin Church bishops. On November 6, 1995, Pope John Paul II erected the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance , immediately subject to the Holy See , [ 1 ] and appointed bishop Joseph Younan as the first eparch , with his ...
In 2001, the Holy Synod of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church requested that Pope John Paul II establish a jurisdiction for Syro-Malankara parishes in the United States, which had each been functioning under the direction of the local Latin Church bishops, and requested the appointment of a proper Ordinary of the church sui iuris.
Also on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI consented to the canonical election by the Syriac Synod of Bishops of the Father Yousif Abba (Yousif Mansoor), 59, who was the Chancellor of the then Syriac Catholic Eparchy of the United States and Canada under Bishop Habash and served at the St. Joseph Syriac Catholic Church in Mississauga ...
On September 21, 1986, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte announced the plan for a new church. The congregation, then made up of 237 families, originally met for Mass in the Tower Theater. [1] [2] In 2017 St. Matthew's had 35,599 registered members, making up 13.7 percent of the entire population of the Diocese of Charlotte. [2]
Charles attended an event organised by a charity which helps Christians persecuted across the Middle East and the globe.
The Diocese of Charlotte (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta .
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church that uses the West Syriac Rite in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.