Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México
Dominae Nostrae Paradisi in Civitate Mexicana Graecorum Melkitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México, Mexico
Melkite Greek Catholic eparchy for the Byzantine rite Melkite faithful in Mexico, erected in 1988 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Its seat is the Porta Coeli Cathedral in Mexico City. The see is vacant, with Archbishop Joseph Khawam, B.A., serving as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 27 February 1988
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Paradisi in Civitate Mexicana Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001002425
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,600
- Population
- 2,004
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 2,300
- Extent
- 1,972,550 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Khawam
- Born
- 14 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Alep
- Institute
- Ordine Basiliano Aleppino dei Melkiti
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Porta Coeli Cathedral stands in Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México, 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
Based in Mexico City, the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso (Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi in Civitate Mexicana Graecorum Melkitarum) is a jurisdiction of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].