Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina

Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
Location
Country	Argentina
Statistics
Population	(as of 2023); 339,125;
Parishes	3
Information
Denomination	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	21 March 2002
Cathedral	Saint George Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Patriarch	Youssef Absi
Apostolic Exarch	Ibrahim Salameh

Last updated May 27, 2025

Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina is an Apostolic Exarchate (missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church covering all of Argentina for its Byzantine Rite.

Territory and statistics

Apostolic Exarchate to the Melkites has jurisdiction over all the faithful of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Argentina. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint George in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. In 2023 there were 339,125 baptized.^[1]

Parishes

The territory is divided into three parishes:

Saint George Cathedral, Cordoba
Saint George Church, Rosario
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Buenos Aires.

History

In the late of the 19th century began the first Melkite Christians' immigration to Argentina. Two major waves of immigration took place between 1910 and 1930 and from 1949 to 1950. The majority of immigrants came from Lebanon and Syria and settled mostly in Rosario, Buenos Aires and Córdoba.

The Apostolic Exarchate was erected on 21 March 2002 with the papal bull Quandoquidem saeculorum^[2] of Pope John Paul II.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Argentina

Georges Nicholas Haddad, Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul (SMSP) (20 April 2002 – 19 December 2005 resigned), Titular Bishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites (20 April 2002 – 17 October 2006), later Apostolic Administrator of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (18 March 2003 – 7 February 2006), Archeparch of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (since 17 October 2006 – ...)
Jean-Abdo Arbach, Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (B.C.) (17 October 2006 – 23 June 2012), Titular Bishop of Hilta (17 October 2006 – 11 November 2006), Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites (11 November 2006 – 23 June 2012); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (23 June 2012 – ...)
Ibrahim Salameh, SMSP, (since 15 August 2013 – ...), Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites

Sources

Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3.

References

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Byzantine Rite
Patriarchs	Cyril VI Tanas Athanasius IV Jawhar Maximos II Hakim Theodosius V Dahan Athanasius IV Jawhar Cyril VII Siaj Agapius II Matar Ignatius IV Sarrouf Athanasius V Matar Macarius IV Tawil Ignatius V Qattan Maximos III Mazloum Clement Bahouth Gregory II Youssef Peter IV Geraigiry Cyril VIII Geha Demetrius I Qadi Cyril IX Moghabghab Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos V Hakim Gregory III Laham Youssef I Absi
Eparchies	Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Aleppo Archeparchy of Bosra-Hauran Archeparchy of Homs Archeparchy of Latakia Archeparchy of Tyre Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos Archeparchy of Baalbek Archeparchy of Baniyas Archeparchy of Sidon Archeparchy of Tripoli Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman Archeparchy of Akka Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul Eparchy of Newton Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney
Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus St. Elias Cathedral, Beirut St. George's Cathedral, Amman St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem Annunciation Cathedral, Boston St. Anne's Cathedral, Los Angeles Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo St. George's Cathedral, Caracas Churches: Sts Peter and Paul Church, Ottawa St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr Synagogue Church, Nazareth St. George's Church, Milwaukee St. Jude's Church, Miami Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris Shrine: Our Lady of Awaiting
Religious institutes	Basilian Aleppian Order Basilian Aleppian Sisters Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist Basilian Chouerite Sisters Basilian Salvatorian Order
See also	Mariam Baouardy Lebanese Melkite Christians Melkite
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