Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada

Apostolic Exarchate of Canada
Location
Country	Canada
Statistics
Parishes	6
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syriac Catholic Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	7 January 2016
Cathedral	Cathédrale syriaque Saint-Éphrem, Laval, Quebec
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Eparch	Antoine Nassif

The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (informally Canada of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Canada.

It is exempt directly to the Holy See (specifically the Congregation for the Oriental Churches), and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

The cathedral church of the exarchate is the Cathédrale syriaque Saint-Éphrem in Laval, Quebec. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Established on 7 January 2016 as Apostolic Exarchate of Canada, on territory split off from the Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark in the United States. On the same day, Antoine Nassif was appointed eparch-elect and titular bishop of Serigene. He was ordained as bishop on 23 January 2016. ^[3]

Apostolic exarchs

(Syriac Catholic Church)

• Antoine Nassif, appointed January 3, 2016

Extent

It comprises six churches, in five local communities in Ontario and Quebec:

in Ontario

• Cambridge, Ontario
• Mississauga, Ontario
• Ottawa, Ontario

in Quebec

• Laval, Quebec
• Montreal, Quebec

References

1. "Installation of the new Apostolic Exarch for Syriac Catholics in Canada". Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
2. "Cathédrale syriaque Saint-Éphrem". GCatholic. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
3. "Bishop Paul Antoine Nassif [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

Source and External links

• GCatholic with incumbent bio links

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