Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) Exarchatus Apostolicus Caracensis Graecorum Melkitarum | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2010) 25,000 |
| Parishes | 5 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 19 February 1990 (34 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral San Jorge[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Youssef Absi |
| Exarch | Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. |
| Bishops emeritus | Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. |
| Website | |
| www.catedralsanjorge.org.ve | |
Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (in Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Caracensis Graecorum Melkitarum, meaning - of Caracas) is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.
The apostolic exarchate is immediately exempt to the Holy See (notably the Congregation for the Oriental Churches) and not part of any (Melkite or Latin) ecclesiastical province, and encompasses the entirety of Venezuela.
The exarch's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. George, in the episcopal see and national capital city Caracas, which also has the see of the Latin metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.