Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto

Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto
Good Shepherd Cathedral
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2013) 18,668
Parishes	7
Information
Sui iuris church	Chaldean Catholic Church
Rite	Chaldean Rite
Established	June 10, 2011
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Eparch	Bawai Soro

The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite in ) for all Canada.

It depends directly on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, without being part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, in North York, near Toronto, in Ontario.

As of 2013, the eparchy serves 18,886 Catholics. Seven priests and 40 permanent deacons preside over eight parishes, which are located in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

History

Established on 10 June 2011, on territory previously not served by the Patriarchal particular church sui iuris.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Chaldean Rite)

Eparchs (Bishops) of Mar Addai of Toronto

• Hanna Zora (2011.06.10 – 2014.05.03), previously Archeparch (Archbishop) of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 2011.06.10)
• Apostolic Administrator Father Daoud Baffro (2014.05.03 – 2015.01.15)
• Emanuel Hana Shaleta (2015.01.15 – 2017.8.9)
• Bawai Soro (2017.11.29-Present)

Source and External links

• GCatholic with incumbent biography links