Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit

{{Short description|Eastern Catholic Eparchy in the United States}}

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{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Eparchy

| name = Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit

| latin = Eparchia Sancti Thomas Apostoli Detroitensis Chaldaeorum

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| image = Mother of God Cathedral - Southfield, Michigan 01.jpg

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| caption = Mother of God Cathedral

| coat = Logo of Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit.jpg

| coat_size = 150px

| coat_caption = Logo

| country = United States of America

| metropolitan =

| territory = East USA

| province = Eastern Catholic Eparchies Immediately Subject to the Holy See

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| population_as_of = 2016

| catholics = 150,000

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| churches =13

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| denomination = Chaldean Catholic Church

| rite = Chaldean Rite

| established = January 11, 1982 ({{age|1982|1|11}} years ago)

| cathedral = Mother of God Cathedral

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| patron = Saint Thomas the Apostle

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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|patriarch = Louis Raphael I Sako

| bishop_title = Bishop

| bishop = Francis Y. Kalabat{{Cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/03/0318/00698.html |title=Rinunce e nomine |access-date=2014-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503165941/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/03/0318/00698.html |archive-date=2014-05-03 |url-status=dead }}

| coadjutor =

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| vicar_general = Rev. Fawaz Elia Kako

| emeritus_bishops = Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim

| map = Lagekarte Eparchie Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit.png

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The Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit ({{langx|la|Eparchia Sancti Thomas Apostoli Detroitensis Chaldaeorum}}) is a Chaldean Catholic Church eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States. It practices the Syro-Oriental Rite in Classical Syriac. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady of Chaldeans Cathedral, located in Southfield, Michigan, United States.

History

It was created by Pope John Paul II on January 11, 1982, as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America for the Chaldeans,{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|ddech|Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean)|21 January 2015}} covering the entire United States.

It was elevated to an eparchy, an Eastern-rite Catholic diocese, led by an eparch (bishop) on August 3, 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ztho1.htm|title=Chaldean Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit|publisher=Gcatholic.org|accessdate=2013-03-23}}

On 21 May 2002 it lost vast territory to establish the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego.

Bishops

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;Apostolic Exarch of United States of America

;Exempt Eparchs (Bishops) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit

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