Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar) | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Rite | East Syriac Rite |
Established | 11 January 2014 |
Cathedral | Syro Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | George Alencherry |
Eparch | Bosco Puthur |
Website | |
http://syromalabar.org.au |
The St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Australia. The eparchy was erected by Pope Francis on 11 January 2014. This is the second eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church outside India, after the Eparchy of Chicago, and it has jurisdiction over Syro-Malabar Catholics in the entirety of Australia.[1]
It is not part of any ecclesiastical province, but immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches. Its ordinary is also appointed permanent Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar Catholics in New Zealand, where they have no established jurisdiction. Its future cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Alphonsa in the episcopal see of Melbourne, Victoria.
History
The eparchy was approved on 23 December 2013 as the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne, on Australian territory previously without a formal jurisdiction of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
Statistics
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 50,000 Catholics with 17 priests (5 diocesan, 12 religious), 12 lay religious (brothers).
Ordinaries
- Eparchs (Bishops)
- Bosco Puthur (11 January 2014 – present)[2]
See also
References
- ^ New Syro Malabar Eparchy for Australia
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.01.2014" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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