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Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego

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Territory
  
West USA

Rite
  
Chaldean Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
United States of America

Denomination
  
Catholic

Established
  
May 21, 2002

Phone
  
+1 619-579-7913

Ecclesiastical province
  
Eastern Catholic Eparchies Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Address
  
1627 Jamacha Way, El Cajon, CA 92019, USA

Cathedral
  
St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral

Similar
  
Holy Trinity Church, Santa Sophia Catholic, St Martin's Catholic Church, St Kieran Catholic Church, St Luke Catholic Church

Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle (Latin: Eparchia Sancti Petri Apostoli urbis Sancti Didaci Chaldaeorum) is one of two eparchies (Eastern catholic dioceses) of the Chaldean Catholic Church sui iuris (Syro-Oriental Rite, Syriac/Arameic language) in the USA.

Contents

It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral, located in El Cajon, California.

History

It was created by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2002 on territory split off from the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, the equally exempt, only other Chaldean Catholic diocese in the USA.

Episcopal Ordinaries

Exempt Eparchs (Bishops)
  • Mar Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (May 5, 2002–May 7, 2016)

    • Extent

    The diocese is responsible for Chaldean Catholics in nineteen states in the western portion of the United States, the largest concentration of these being found in San Diego County, California.

    The Eparchy of St. Peter The Apostle comprises four vicariates consisting of its member parishes.

    Southern Vicariate

    The parishes of the Southern Vicariate comprise the Southwest of the United States. The Vicar General of the Diocese is Archdeacon Sabri Kejboe.

  • St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral, El Cajon, California
  • St. Michael's Chaldean Catholic Church, El Cajon, California
  • Mar Auraha Chaldean and Assyrians Catholic Church, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • St. Barbara Chaldean Catholic Church, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • St. George Chaldean Catholic Church, Santa Ana, California

    • Northern Vicariate

    The parishes of the Northern Vicariate comprise the Northwest of the United States. The Diocesan Vicar is Fr. Kamal Bidawid.

  • St. Thomas Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church, Turlock, California
  • St. Mary Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church, Campbell, California
  • St. Matthew's Chaldean Catholic Church, Ceres, California
  • St. Paul Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic Church, North Hollywood, California
  • St. Barnabas Chaldean Catholic Parish, Wilton, California
  • Saint Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church, Modesto, California
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Orangevale, California

    • Missions

    The parishes listed here are Missions of the Eparchy located throughout the diocese who are currently not large enough, have not raised enough money, or found the proper land to construct their own church and formally create a parish.

  • St. Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Mission, California
  • Holy Family Chaldean Catholic Mission, Arizona
  • Rabban Hermiz Mission of Riverside, Riverside, California

    • Monasteries, convents and seminaries

    The fourth vicarate comprises the vocational housing of the non-diocesan religious life within the Eparchy.

  • St. George Monastery, Riverside, California
  • The Seminary of Mar Abba the Great, El Cajon, California
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Fields (Workers of the Vineyard), El Cajon, California
  • Chaldean Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, El Cajon, California

    • References

    Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego Wikipedia
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