Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney information
Eastern Catholic eparchy in Australia
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Location
Country
Australia
Metropolitan
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population - Catholics
(as of 2014) 35,000 (n/a%)
Parishes
7
Information
Sui iuris church
Chaldean Catholic Church
Rite
Chaldean Rite
Established
21 October 1973
Cathedral
St. Thomas the Apostle Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Patriarch
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Eparch
Amel Nona
Website
Official website
For other churches with the same name, see St. Thomas the Apostle Church (disambiguation).
The Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle is a Chaldean Catholic diocese in Sydney, Australia, and is immediately subject to the Holy See.
The eparchy was created in 2006.[1] Djibrail Kassab was appointed bishop at that time;[2] he was based in Basrah, Iraq before he was posted to Oceania. His bishopric currently sits as St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church, Bossley Park, New South Wales.
In 2015, he was succeeded by Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona.[3] Nona was still in post in 2023.[4]
As of 2014, the eparchy contains 35,000 Catholics. Nine priests serve a total of seven parishes.
^Catholic Near East Welfare Association website, The Chaldean Catholic Church, dated February 6, 2013
^Independent Catholic News website, New Chaldean Eparchy for Australia and New Zealand
^Catholic Leader website, Chaldean Catholics have moment of joy, by Peter Bugden, dated March 13, 2015
^Catholic Australia website, Dioceses, retrieved 2023-12-19
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