Diocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitan(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
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.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1984
- Latin
- Sanctissimi Salvatoris Marianopolitan(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Patron
- The Holy Saviour
- Annuario code
- 001002833
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,000
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 2,353
- Extent
- 9,984,670 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
- Milad Jawish
- Born
- 19 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Mansoura
- Institute
- Ordine Basiliano del SS.mo Salvatore 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
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).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.