Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka
Archeparchy of Akka (Melkite Greek) Archieparchia Ptolemaidensis Melchitarum أبرشية عكا وحيفا والناصرة وسائر الجليل للروم الملكيين الكاثوليك | |
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Location | |
Country | Israel |
Headquarters | Syria |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2022) 73,921 |
Parishes | 37 |
Information | |
Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 1753 |
Cathedral | Saint Elias Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Youssef Absi |
Archeparch | Youssef Matta |
Bishops emeritus | |
Website | |
https://logosofgalilee.com/ |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka (
Territory and statistics
The archeparchy extends its jurisdiction to Melkites of Israel, especially of Galilee. The headquarters of the archeparchy (archdiocese) is Haifa, where the Saint Elias Cathedral is located. The Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka counted 73,921 baptised members,[1] and had a territory subdivided into thirty-seven parishes in 2022.[1]
As of 2014 the
The city of
History
In 1753, the see was restored as a Melkite diocese by Patriarch Cyril VI Tanas and attached once again to Tyre, which had become independent from Jerusalem. However, the Melkite bishops of Acre began to reside there only in 1804.[5]
Before 1932, the jurisdiction of Acre included Transjordan. The see became an Archeparchy on 18 November 1964 with the Papal Bull Apostolic constitution of Pope Paul VI[6] and includes all Galilee.
List of episcopal ordinaries
Eparchs of Akka
The following were Melkite Greek Catholic eparchs (bishops) of Akka:
- Macaire Ajemi, 1759 – 25 December 1774 (resigned)
- Michel (Germanos) Adam, consecrated 25 December 1774 – July 1777, then appointed Archeparch of Aleppo)
- Makarios Fakhoury, after July 1777 (uncertain) –1794
- Makarios Nahas (1795 – c. 1809)
- Habib Theodosius (1809 – c. 1833)
- Michel Clement Bahouth BS, consecrated 10 August 1836, served until 16 June 1856, when confirmed as Patriarch of Antioch
- Hanna (Gregory) Youssef-Sayour, consecrated 13 November 1856, until 27 March 1865 when confirmed as Patriarch of Antioch
- Agapio Dumani BS, 4 December 1864–1893 (deceased)
- Athanase Sabbagh, 18 April 1894 – 2 June 1899 (deceased)
- Grégoire Haggiar, 24 March 1901 – 30 October 1940 (deceased)
- apostolic administrator), 1940–1943
Archeparchs of Akka
A list of Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchs (archbishops) of Akka is shown below:
- Antioch of the Greek-Melkites(Syria)
- Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis, 21 August 1974 – 10 June 2005
- Maximos Salloum, 20 August 1975 – 23 July 1997 (withdrawn)
- apostolic administrator), 1997–1998
- Pierre Mouallem SMSP , 29 July 1998 – 18 July 2003 (withdrawn)[a]
- Georges Nicholas Haddad (apostolic administrator), 21 March 2003 – 10 December 2005[b]
- Elias Chacour, 7 February 2006 – 27 January 2014 (withdrawn)
- OAM (apostolic administrator), (27 January 2014 – 21 June 2014)[c]
- George Bacouni, 21 June 2014 – 9 November 2018[d]
- Fr. apostolic administrator), (24 November 2018 – March 2019)
- Fr.
- Youssef Matta (since 18 March 2019)
See also
- Catholic Church in Israel
- Latin Catholic Diocese of Acre
- Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land
Notes
- Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul; and eparch (bishop) of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo(Brazil), 20 April 1990 – 29 July 1998
- apostolic exarch of Argentina (20 April 2002 – 19 December 2005), Titular Bishop of Myra (20 April 2002 – 14 October 2006); later Archeparch of Baniyas(Lebanon), from 14 October 2006
- patriarchal exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan, since 16 June 2012
- ^ Formerly Metropolitan Archeparch of Tyre (Lebanon), [27 June 2005] 20 October 2005 – 21 June 2014), later metropolitan archbishop of Beirut and Byblos (since 9 November 2018)
References
- ^ a b "Archeparchy of Akka [San Giovanni d'Acri; Tolemaide ] (Melkite Greek Archeparchy)". Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ "The Christian communities in Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9781498553155.
- ^ "Celebrating Christmas in Israel's ancient Greek Catholic villages". Ynetnews. Ynet. 23 December 2018.
- ^ catholicchurch-holyland.com
- ^ Paulus VI (18 November 1964). "Constitutio Apostolica – Ptolemaidensis Melchitarum: Ecclesia episcopalis Ptolemaidensis Melchitarum ad gradum archidioecesis evehitur". Acta Apostolicae Sedis: Acta Pauli Pp. VI (in Latin). Vol. LVII (1965). Vatican: Libreria Editrice Vaticana; The Holy See. pp. 629–630. no. 9. PDF file
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