Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabarese) Eparchia Sancti Thomae Apostoli Chicagiensis Syrorum-Malabarensium | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Ecclesiastical province | Eastern Catholic Eparchies Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 86,000 |
Parishes | 18 |
Information | |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Rite | East Syrian Rite |
Established | March 13, 2001 (15 years ago) |
Cathedral | Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Eparch | Jacob Angadiath |
Auxiliary Bishops | Joy Alappat |
Website | |
www.stthomasdiocese.org |
The St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago is an Eastern Catholic eparchy for Syro-Malabar Catholics in the United States. The eparchy, established in 2001, is one of the two eparchies of the Syro-Malabar Church outside India (the other is the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne), and it has jurisdiction over Syro-Malabar Catholics in the entire US. It is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Bishop
The first and current bishop of the eparchy is Mar Jacob Angadiath, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2001.[1] He is also the permanent Apostolic Visitator to Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada.
Parishes and missions
The eparchy's cathedral can be found in Bellwood, Illinois. The Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral (Saint Thomas the Apostle Cathedral) is a parish with almost 1000 families and is seat to the bishop. Their cathedral was dedicated on July 5, 2008.
There are an estimated 100,000 Indian Catholics following this rite in the U.S. and Canada. Some of the parishes and missions are dedicated to the pastoral care of faithful of the Knanaya Catholics, under the pastoral guidance of Knanaya priests. The eparchy includes 35 parishes and 43 missions. Congregations are located in the following states and provinces:
United States
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Mar Thoma Shleeha Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral (Bellwood, Illinois) (cathedral of the eparchy)
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Somerset, NJ
- Saint George Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Paterson, NJ
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Canada
- Ontario
- Alberta
See also
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Other Eastern Catholic bishops
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
- ↑ "Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabarese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.
External links
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago Official Site
- St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral
- Knanaya Syro-Malabar Catholics in the US
- Sacred Heart and St. Mary's Knanaya Catholic Parishes in Chicago
Coordinates: 41°53′19″N 87°55′55″W / 41.88861°N 87.93194°W