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Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Eparchia Sancti Thomas Apostoli Detroitensis Chaldaeorum | |
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Location | |
Country | United States of America |
Territory | East USA |
Ecclesiastical province | Eastern Catholic Eparchies Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2016) 150,000 |
Churches | 13 |
Information | |
Denomination | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Rite | Chaldean Rite |
Established | January 11, 1982 (42 years ago) |
Cathedral | Mother of God Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Thomas the Apostle |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Louis Raphael I Sako |
Bishop | Francis Y. Kalabat[1] |
Vicar General | Rev. Fawaz Elia Kako |
Bishops emeritus | Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim |
Map | |
The Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit (Latin: Eparchia Sancti Thomas Apostoli Detroitensis Chaldaeorum) is a Chaldean Catholic Church eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States. It practices the Syro-Oriental Rite in the Syriac/Arameic language. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady of Chaldeans Cathedral, located in Southfield, Michigan, United States.