Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian)
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Armenian Catholic Church · Glendale, California, United States
An Armenian Catholic eparchy serving Armenian Catholics across the United States and Canada, erected in 1981 (originally as an apostolic exarchate) with its cathedral in Glendale, California. It is led by Eparch Mikaël Antoine Mouradian.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1981
- Patron
- Our Lady of Nareg
- Annuario code
- 001002498
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,000
- Population
- 2,010
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 3,600
- Extent
- 19,613,761 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
- Eparch
- Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B.
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
St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral stands in Glendale, 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 Glendale, California, the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada (Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Naregensis) is a territory of the Armenian Catholic Church that reports immediately to the Holy See. John Paul II established it on July 3, 1981, as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada for the Armenians, and on September 12, 2005 it was raised to the rank of eparchy.
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 · GCatholic
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].