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Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Location
Country	Australia
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 35,000 (n/a%)
Parishes	7
Information
Sui iuris church	Chaldean Catholic Church
Rite	Chaldean Rite
Established	21 October 1973
Cathedral	St. Thomas the Apostle Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Louis Raphaël I Sako
Eparch	Amel Nona
Website
	Official website

The Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle is a Chaldean Catholic diocese in Sydney, Australia, and is immediately subject to the Holy See.

The eparchy was created in 2006.^[1] Djibrail Kassab was appointed bishop at that time;^[2] he was based in Basrah, Iraq before he was posted to Oceania. His bishopric currently sits as St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church, Bossley Park, New South Wales.

In 2015, he was succeeded by Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona.^[3] Nona was still in post in 2023.^[4]

As of 2014, the eparchy contains 35,000 Catholics. Nine priests serve a total of seven parishes.

Churches and Parishes edit

St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church, Bossley Park, New South Wales, Australia
St. Mary's Assumption Chaldean Catholic Church, Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia
St. George Chaldean Catholic Church, Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Our Lady Guardian of Plants Chaldean Catholic Church, Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
St Addai Chaldean Catholic Church, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand

References edit

^ Catholic Near East Welfare Association website, The Chaldean Catholic Church, dated February 6, 2013
^ Independent Catholic News website, New Chaldean Eparchy for Australia and New Zealand
^ Catholic Leader website, Chaldean Catholics have moment of joy, by Peter Bugden, dated March 13, 2015
^ Catholic Australia website, Dioceses, retrieved 2023-12-19