Why didn't their head, the leader of the second largest Eastern Catholic Church with 5 million faithful, not do this? Because the diaspora is run at the papal level. For the Latin Church even Catholic Churches that have a bishop in the new world have to seek permission from Rome to do rather commonplace things like raising a parish to the level of cathedral. It is, to my thinking a poor setup that reconfirms the secondary place of the so-called Uniate churches in the wider world.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday erected an Apostolic Exarchate for Syro-Malabar Catholics who are residents in Canada, nominating Father Jose Kalluvelil of the Eparchy of Palghat as its first Exarchate and assigning him the titular seat of Tabalta.
The Exarchate extends throughout Canada, where Syro-Malabar Catholics have been present since the 1960’s.
On 16 February 2001, besides being named the first Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Chicago for the Syro-Malabar Catholics, Bishop Jacob Angadiath had also been designated Apostolic Visitor for the faithful of the Canadian Syro-Malabar Church.
Currently, the Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada number around 9,000 faithful and 15 priests, of whom 3 belong to religious orders.
The seat of the new Apostolic Exarchate will be in Mississauga, near Toronto.
Eparchy of Adilabad
Pope Francis on Thursday also accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. of the Eparchy of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabar Catholics (India), according to canon 210 §§ 1-2 of the Code of Canon Law of the Oriental Churches.
In his place, the Holy Father nominated Father Antony Prince Panengaden as Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabar Catholics.
Born on 13 May 1976 in Arimpur, Fr. Panengaden entered the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate before passing to the Eparchy of Adilabad.
He was sent to Rome for his studies, completing a Doctorate in Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University.
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ReplyDelete"It is, to my thinking a poor setup that reconfirms the secondary place of the so-called Uniate churches in the wider world."
ReplyDeleteThe "set-up" provides a structure by which churches with overlapping territories can co-exist. What alternative is offered by Orthodox in the Americas (or for that matter in Qatar)? What is the "set-up" that has precluded the establishment of ACROD parishes in the western US? And what on earth is up with your use of "uniate"?
Yes, I agree with David. The current system, admittedly imperfect as it is, does tend to prevent the kind of jurisdictional disputes, not to say chaos, that is not uncommon among Eastern and Oriental Orthodox. In the light of your post below, "Antioch responds to Jerusalem's claims," one can note that the centralized administration, on the part of Rome, of overlapping Eastern and Latin jurisdictions, helps the Catholic Churches co-ordinate their interactions in an irenic fashion, and eschew mutual acrimony and, certainly, the rupture of Eucharistic communion, à la Orthodox Qatar (or Hong Kong, or...).
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with David. The current system, admittedly imperfect as it is, does tend to prevent the kind of jurisdictional disputes, not to say chaos, that is not uncommon among Eastern and Oriental Orthodox. In the light of your post below, "Antioch responds to Jerusalem's claims," one can note that the centralized administration, on the part of Rome, of overlapping Eastern and Latin jurisdictions, helps the Catholic Churches co-ordinate their interactions in an irenic fashion, and eschew mutual acrimony and, certainly, the rupture of Eucharistic communion, à la Orthodox Qatar (or Hong Kong, or...).
ReplyDeleteI'll be honest, both systems have extreme flaws. Due to Rome claiming jurisdiction in "missionary lands" a few centuries back, the Eastern churches require Rome's permission when picking bishops in those lands. It is a bit of an absurdity that requires fixing.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if this issue were fixed, the mutual coexistence of many churches in the same physical space would be the best existent system in the Communions. Jurisdictional slap-fights like the one over Qatar would be silly if both Antioch and Jerusalem were not both in lands of persecution. It takes the affair from funny to tragic in an instant,
"It is a bit of an absurdity that requires fixing."
ReplyDeleteNot so absurd, apart form the dual roles of the Pope as universal pontiff and Latin patriarch.
It is good, IMO, to have systems that recognizes that the Bishops in teh diaspora are not just there to serve their particular churches but must also collaborate with the hierarchs of other particular churches in the same space.
I like the cooperation. I like the lack of arguments over jurisdiction. I like the ability to mutually co-exist in the same physical space without poo-flinging matches.
DeleteOn the other hand, I would like to see Rome end the requirement that everything must go through it. It would be better if a new prelate of any of the churches doesn't need Rome's permission, but Rome or the other Eastern Catholic bishops in the territory would have the ability to object to a choice.
The Byzantine Orthodox would benefit from the papacy to provide some centralization and primacy against the anachronistic jurisdictional silliness. The Catholics would benefit from the Byzantine Orthodox in their communion as a counter-balance to Rome.
Object and then what?
DeleteIf "objection" does not imply a veto power - a scheme that is probably unworkable - then someone must decide. Whoever decides is, in effect, granting permission.
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