Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela


The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela is an exarchate of the Syriac Catholic Church, a Patriarchal Eastern Catholic church in communion with other Catholic Churches which uses the Antiochian Rite in Syriac language.
The exarchate encompasses the Andean and Amazonian country of Venezuela.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral siria Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela.

History

established the Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela for Syriac Catholics on 22 June 2001.

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