{"id":1880,"date":"2020-07-21T00:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T00:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bi3a.com\/Catholics\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2023-08-09T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:32:26","slug":"world-wide-monasteries-melkite-eparchy-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melkitecouncil.com\/Catholics\/world-wide-monasteries-melkite-eparchy-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Melkite Eparchy of Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Melkite Greek Catholic community in the United States was formed in New York in 1889 and the second in Chicago in 1890, as far as we know. The centennial of the presence of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church in the United States was celebrated on the occasion of the 32nd Convention in July 1990 in West Paterson, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The first Melkite Greek Catholic church was acquired in 1902 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The eparchy includes believers from all over the Middle East, who settled in five successive waves in the course of the twentieth century: after the first and second world wars, following the formation of the State of Israel in 1948, after the nationalization of private property in Egypt, and finally since the Lebanese crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The present eparchy was initially an apostolic exarchate, whose first exarch was Bishop Justin Najmy, appointed on January 27, 1966, after 18 years of service as pastor of the parish of Central Falls, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of Bishop Najmy on June 11, 1968, Archbishop Joseph Tawil replaced him as the apostolic exarch of all the Greek Catholic Melkites of the United States, appointed on October 31, 1969 and inducted on May 14, 1970 .<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on June 28, 1976, Archbishop Tawil became the first eparch of our Church in the United States. Since then, progress has not ceased, both in terms of the number of faithful, priests, deacons, friends of other churches, and spiritual, socio-cultural and spiritual impact. the concern of the younger generations.<\/p>\n<p>Repeated visits by the eparchy and the Patriarch Maximos V, very concerned from the outset of his Patriarchate with the future of our Church and our faithful in the Diaspora, and the regularity of the &#8220;Convention&#8221; cement the unity of our Church.<\/p>\n<p>On November 2, 2008, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III, was celebrated the centenary Jubilee of the Eparchial Cathedral of the Annunciation in Newton.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of Apostolic Exarchs and Eparchies since 1966:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Najmy through Archbishop Bustros all hailed from the\u00a0<a title=\"Middle East\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middle_East\">Middle East<\/a>, with Bishop Samra being the only American-born bishop. Bishop Beyrouti was born in Lebanon but raised in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1966-1968:\u00a0<\/strong>Justin Najmy, Apostolic Exarch, Titular Bishop of Augustopolis of Phrygia<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969-1976:\u00a0<\/strong>Joseph Tawil, Apostolic Exarch, Titular Archbishop of Myre<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976-1989:\u00a0<\/strong>Joseph Tawil, first eparque (archbishop-bishop) of Newton<\/p>\n<p><strong>1986-1993\u00a0:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Most Rev. Fr. John Adel Elya, Auxiliary Bishop, Titular Bishop of Abila of Lysanie<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989-2005:\u00a0<\/strong>H.E. Bishop Nicolas James Samra, auxiliary bishop, titular bishop of Gerasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989-1992:<\/strong>\u00a0Ignace Ghattas, eparch<\/p>\n<p><strong>1994-2004:<\/strong>\u00a0Most Rev. Fr. John Adel Elya, eparch<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004-2010:<\/strong>\u00a0H.E. Bishop\u00a0 Cyrille Salim Bustros, ecclesiastical (archbishop-bishop)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010-2022:<\/strong>\u00a0H.E. Bishop\u00a0<a title=\"Nicholas Samra\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicholas_Samra\">Nicholas James Samra<\/a>\u00a0(appointed Auxiliary Bishop April 21, 1989; retired 2005; appointed Eparch June 15, 2011 &#8211; October 19, 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022-till now: <\/strong>Bishop\u00a0<a title=\"Francois Beyrouti\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francois_Beyrouti\">Francois Beyrouti<\/a>\u00a0(October 19, 2022 &#8211; present; elected June 23, 2022, by the Melkite Synod and announced August 20, 2022 Patriarch\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Joseph Absi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Absi\">Joseph Absi<\/a>).<sup id=\"cite_ref-33\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Newton#cite_note-33\">[33]<\/a><\/sup>; episcopal consecration 12 October 2022, St Anne Melkite Greek-Catholic Co-Cathedral North Hollywood, LA)<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Najmy through Archbishop Bustros all hailed from the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middle_East\">Middle East<\/a>, with Bishop Samra being the only American-born bishop. Bishop Beyrouti was born in Lebanon but raised in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approximate number of faithful: 30.000<\/p>\n<p>Number of priests: 67 (54 eparchies including 6 retired, 13 religious including 3 retired)<\/p>\n<p>Deacons: 54 (25 of Oriental origin, 29 Americans)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, 35 Latin priests and two Maronites, having obtained bi-ritualism, help pastoral needs.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Seminary Saint Gregorios, Newton, MA &#8211; Rector: Archimandrite Philip Raczka.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administration of the eparchy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>protosyncellus: Exarch Joseph S. Haggar<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Press Fax :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 617-323-0692<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Frances Colie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Winter) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 954-571-9217,<\/p>\n<p>(Summer) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 732-280-0262 ; Cell : 201-417-380<\/p>\n<p>Said\u00e9 Dagher Fax :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 617-323-0944<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emeritus Eparch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Rev. Fr. John Adel Elya,<\/p>\n<p>30 East Street<\/p>\n<p>Methuen, MA 01844<\/p>\n<p>Tel. : 978-683-2471 \/ 617-290-7315<\/p>\n<p>Fax : 978-794-3452<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: bpjohn3@aol.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eparchial Bishop:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Rev. Nicholas J. Samra, Bishop of Newton<\/p>\n<p>32406 Barclay Square<\/p>\n<p>Warren, MI 48093<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 586-756-1971\u00a0 &#8211; 586-268-3241<\/p>\n<p>Fax:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 586-756-1976<\/p>\n<p>E-mail:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nsamra@prodigy.net<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Rev. Exarch Joseph Haggar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>protosyncellus<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 401-722-1345<\/p>\n<p>Fax:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 401-722-2436<\/p>\n<p>Address:<\/p>\n<p>111 Cross Street<\/p>\n<p>80 Hamilton Street<\/p>\n<p>Central Falls, RI 02863<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most\u00a0 Rev. Gerasimos Murphy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Judicial Vicar<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 352-683-7637<\/p>\n<p>E-mail :\u00a0\u00a0 gtmnashua@att.net<\/p>\n<p>Address\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>6458 Tapestry Circle<\/p>\n<p>Spring Hill, FL 34606<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most\u00a0 Rev. Deacon Paul J. Leonarczyk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chancellor<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 603-361-9202<\/p>\n<p>Fax:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 603-644-2371<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: paulleonarczyk@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>Address:<\/p>\n<p>677 Howe Street<\/p>\n<p>Manchester, NH 03103<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most\u00a0 Rev. Deacon Robert Shalhoub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General Treasurer<\/p>\n<p>Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 973-477-7874 (church)<\/p>\n<p>973-785-2433 (office)<\/p>\n<p>Fax:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 908-276-8207<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: robertshalhoub@optonline.net<\/p>\n<p>Address:<\/p>\n<p>802 Rifle Camp Road<\/p>\n<p>West Paterson, NJ 07424<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Melkite Greek Catholic community in the United States was formed in New York in 1889 and the second in Chicago in 1890, as far as we know. 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