Territory West USA Rite Chaldean Rite | Denomination Catholic Established May 21, 2002 Phone +1 619-579-7913 | |
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
- History
- Episcopal Ordinaries
- Extent
- Southern Vicariate
- Northern Vicariate
- Missions
- Monasteries convents and seminaries
- References
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
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.
Northern Vicariate
The parishes of the Northern Vicariate comprise the Northwest of the United States. The Diocesan Vicar is Fr. Kamal Bidawid.
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.
Monasteries, convents and seminaries
The fourth vicarate comprises the vocational housing of the non-diocesan religious life within the Eparchy.