OUR PARISHES & MISSIONS - NOS PAROISSES & MISSIONS
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Presently, there are more than 80,000 Maronites Canadians, half of which are in Monteal and Toronto. The total number of parishes is currently 16, in addition to two missions.
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OUR BISHOPS
H.E. Paul Marwan TABET
Our present Bishop, Mgr. Tabet was ordained priest within the Kreim Maronite Catholic Order - Lebanon, on July 20, 1986. He holds a PhD in educational science and a degree in political philosophy from the U.S.A. He served as a parish priest in the U.S.A. and South Africa, before being assigned his role as General Secretary of the Catholic Churches in 2003, and after that, of the MENA region, until 2011. Paul Marwan Tabet, was elected Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron Canada by H.H. Pope Benedict XVI, and was assigned to Head the Maronite Catholic Church in Canada, on February 24, 2013. Previous Bishops
Former Bishops who have served the Eparchy starting with the most recent are as follows:
Paul-Joseph Khoury (1996-2013)
Georges Abi-Saber (1990-1996)
Elias Chahine (1982-1990+)
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OUR PARISH PRIESTS
Our parish priests in Canada come almost exclusively from Lebanon. In addition to the diocesan priests, the Eparchy also comprises two Lebanese Maronite Religious Orders:
- The Lebanese Maronite Order in Montreal
- The Antonin Maronite Order whose priests serve in Oldcastle and Toronto.
21 parish priests currently serve our parishes across Canada (Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Alberta). OUR SISTERS
4 Sisters from the Maronite Antonin Order manage a Maronite Catholic School in Ottawa. Jacky Abinassif, founded and is presently the Director and CEO of Radio Sawt el-Rab (www.sawtelrab.org).
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HISTORICAL SYNOPSIS
The Maronite Catholics, first settled in Canada in 1860. They were mainly Lebanese and Egyptian of Lebanese descent. Maronite immigration to Canada took place in four main waves, all of which were mainly caused by the infamous instability in the Middle East. The first was between 1860-1914
The second wave immigrated in 1930
The third in the 1960s - 1975
And the fourth in 1989
The first three Maronite Canadian parishes that preceded the establishment of the Eparchy were founded before 1982 by H.E. Elias Chahine (1914-1982), and they are: Saint Charbel in Fredericton, Saint Antoine le Grand in Leamington, and Notre Dame du Liban in Quebec. Maron Canada was canonically established on August 27, 1982, by H.H. Saint and Pope Jean Paul II. Before the institution of the Eparchy, Maronite parishes were assigned to Latin Eparchies around them.
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