Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Liberationis Novarcensis Syrorum | |
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 Saint Toma Cathedral in Farmington Hills | |
| Location | |
| Territory | United States of America |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| Rite | West Syriac Rite |
| Established | November 6, 1995 (30 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Toma Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Eparch | Yousif Benham Habash |
| Website | |
| http://www.SyriacCatholic.US | |
TheSyriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance is aSyriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory oreparchy of theCatholic Church in the United States. The territory of the eparchy encompasses the entire United States. Its cathedral isSt. Toma Cathedral, inFarmington Hills, Michigan.Yousif Benham Habash has led the eparchy since April 2010.
Until 1995, Syriac Catholic congregations in the United States and Canada were under theordinary jurisdiction of the localLatin Church bishops.
On November 6, 1995,Pope John Paul II erected theEparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance, immediately subject to theHoly See,[1] and appointed bishopJoseph Younan as the firsteparch, with his see atNewark, New Jersey.[2]
In 2009, Bishop Younan was elected as Primate of the Syriac Catholic Church andPatriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs. In 2010,Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Yousif Benham Habash as the second eparch.[3]
On January 7, 2016, it lost its (southeastern) Canadian territory (then five communities inOntario andQuebec provinces) to the newly erectedSyriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate for Canada.
On July 1, 2022,Pope Francis approved moving the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance fromSt. Joseph Cathedral inBayonne, New Jersey to St. Toma in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The move places the cathedral closer to the center of the Syriac Catholic population in the United States.[4]
As of 2016, the eparchy is estimated to have 16,000 faithful in 8 parishes and 6 missions.[5]
Congregations are located in the following cities :
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