Population
- Catholics (as of 2013)
436,000 Rite Byzantine Rite Pope Francis Bishop Joseph Gébara | Parishes 5 Established 29 November 1971 Country Brazil Emeritus bishop Fares Maakaroun | |
Denomination Melkite Greek Catholic Church Cathedral Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo | ||
Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Sancti Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum) is an eparchy located in the city of São Paulo in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil.
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Territory and statistics
The eparchy includes all Melkite Catholic faithful of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Brazil. Its eparchial seat is the city of São Paulo, where is located the Nossa Senhora do Paraíso Cathedral.
The territory is divided into five parishes. In 2013 there were 436,000 Catholics.
History
On 14 November 1951 was erected the Ordinariate of Brazil to the Eastern Rite Catholics whom all Melkite Catholics belonged till November 29, 1971 when by Papal bull Haec Romana of Paul VI was established the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo.