The Greek Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Canada, also known as the Melkite Eparchy of Canada or the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal (

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: ''Eparchia Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitansis Graecorum Melkitarum Catholicorum''), is an

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of the

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in Canada. It is based at

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, Quebec.

Territory

The eparchy includes the faithful of the

in Canada. Its eparchial seat is the city of Montreal, where Saint Sauveur Cathedral is located. The name of the eparchy is derived from

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(French for '

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'). As of 2020, the eparchy had around 40,000 baptized members, and it is divided into fourteen parishes.

History

On April 9, 1968,

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founded the Apostolic

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in Canada by the apostolic constitution ''Qui benignissimo''. On October 13, 1980,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

issued a bull ''Qui benignissimo'', which established the Apostolic Exarchate of the Saint-Sauveur. On September 1, 1984, Pope John Paul II issued a bull ''Beati Petri'', which transformed the Apostolic Exarchate of the Saint-Sauveur into an eparchy.

Communities

The eparchy has parishes in Montreal, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Laval, Brossard, Quebec City, Ottawa,

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, Etobicoke-Mississauga, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. It also includes the Canadian jurisdictions of two orders associated with the Melkite Greek Catholic Church – the

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and the Canadian

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of the

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Ordinaries

;Apostolic Exarch of Canada *

Michel Hakim Michel Hakim, BS (21 April 1921, Maghdouché, Lebanon – 22 November 2006, Montreal, Canada) was Vicar Apostolic of Canada and first bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal in Canada. Life Michel Hakim was born ...

, BS (13 October 1980 – 1 September 1984) ;Bishops of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal *Michel Hakim, BS (1 September 1984 – 30 June 1998), *

Sleiman Hajjar Sleiman Hajjar (May 13, 1950 — March 10, 2002) was the Melkite Catholic bishop of Canada. Hajjar was born in Jezzine, Lebanon and graduated from St. Joseph University and from the Pontifical University of the Holy Spirit in Lebanon. Ordained a pr ...

, BS (10 July 1998 – 10 March 2002) * Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, BS (18 June 2003 – 26 June 2021) * Milad Jawish, BS (18 September 2021 – present)

References

External links

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Missa.orgMliles.comSample of Melkite Chant in English, Arabic, and Greek
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