Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
Diocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitan(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic eparchy for Canada, established as an exarchate in 1968 and elevated to an eparchy in 1984, with its see at Saint-Sauveur Cathedral in Montréal. It is led by Eparch Milad Jawish. Note: this is an Eastern Catholic (Melkite) eparchy, not a Latin Rite diocese as the input label states.
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- Established
- 1984
- Catholics
- 40,000
- Priests
- 17
- Territory
- 9,984,670 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Eparch
- Milad Jawish
- Born
- 19 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Mansoura
- Institute
- Ordine Basiliano del SS.mo Salvatore dei Melkiti
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The cathedral
Saint-Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal stands in Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Saint Sauveur Cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, is the base of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church's eparchy for Canada. The jurisdiction goes by several names: the Greek Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Canada, the Melkite Eparchy of Canada, and the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal (Latin: Eparchia Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitansis Graecorum Melkitarum Catholicorum).