St. Toma Syriac Catholic Cathedral | |
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42°28′57.5″N83°23′54.3″W / 42.482639°N 83.398417°W | |
Location | 25600 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, Michigan |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Syriac Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Cathedral/Parish church |
Dedication | Thomas the Apostle |
Dedicated | 2002 |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Modern |
Administration | |
Diocese | Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Yousif Habash |
Chancellor | Rev. Luke Edelen, O.S.B. |
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The eparchy was established by Pope John Paul II in 1995. A cathedral was established in the former St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Bayonne, New Jersey in 2011. [4] In 2018, that church building was deconsecrated, and the property became part of a planned redevelopment project. [5] St. Joseph Cathedral moved to the former St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, also in Bayonne. On July 1, 2022, Pope Francis approved moving the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance from St. Joseph Cathedral in Bayonne to St. Toma. The move places the cathedral closer to the center of the Syriac Catholic population in the United States. [2]
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