1 ..................................................................................... PRAYER FOR THE EPARCHY OF MISSISSAUGA God our loving Father, we praise and thank you for the establishment of the Eparchy of Mississauga. Pour out your Spirit, endue with the choicest heavenly blessings and all the necessary graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit on all of us to build up the Syro-Malabar Church in Canada, for the Glory of God. In the name of Jesus we ask you to send your Spirit on our Bishop, Priests, Religious and all Men and Women, Young and Old to respond to your call for renewing the families and building up the community. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us. St. Joseph, patron of Canada, Pray for us St Thomas, Patron of our Eparchy, Pray for us. 2 3 ST. THOMAS PATRON OF THE EPARCHY 4 His Holiness Pope Francis.......................................................................... 5 The Catholic Church ................................................................................... 8 State of Vatican City ................................................................................... 10 The Roman Curia ........................................................................................ 11 His Excellency the Most Reverend Luigi Bonazzi ................................. 15 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)............................. 16 Episcopal Commissions and Standing Committees ............................. 18 Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions ........................................................................... 21 Latin Rite Archdioceses and Dioceses .................................................... 22 Eastern Churches / Ordinariates / Personal Prelature ......................... 24 The Major Archbishop-George Cardinal Alencherry ........................... 26 Syro-Malabar Church, A Brief History ................................................... 27 Syro-Malabar Eparchies and Visitations .................................................. 34 The Syro-Malabar Eparchies and Visitations According to Ecclessiastiacl Provinces......................................................................... 35 Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church ................................... 57 Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Curia ............................................. 59 Synodal Commissions ................................................................................ 60 Synodal Commissions for the Seminaries ............................................... 65 Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Missississauga ................................ 66 Biography of Bishop Jose Kalluvelil ........................................................ 66 5 A Brief History of Eparchy of Missississauga ...................................... 68 Decree of Elevation of Eparchy ............................................................. 70 Administrative Office ................................................................................. 71 Curia .............................................................................................................. 71 College of Consultors ................................................................................ 71 Presbyteral Council ...................................................................................... 71 Liturgical Committee .................................................................................. 72 Construction Committee ........................................................................... 72 Reconciliatory Committee.......................................................................... 72 Finance Council............................................................................................ 72 Pastoral Council ........................................................................................... 73 Prayer for the Eparchy ............................................................................... 75 Associations and Departments .................................................................. 76 Parishes and Missions.................................................................................. 80 Parishes, Missions and Mass Centers - Region and Forane - wise ...... 83 Priests Serving in the Eparchy ................................................................... 90 Women Religious Congregations ............................................................. 100 Apostolic Oblates (A O) ............................................................................ 100 Congregation of the Holy Family (CHF) ............................................... 101 Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) .................................. 102 Seminarians of Eparchy of Mississauga .................................................. 103 Eparchy at a Glance .................................................................................... 104 Eparchial Anthem........................................................................................ 104 6 Mario Bergoglio Born on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires (Archdiocese of Buenos Aires – Argentina) Baptized on December 25, 1936 Enters the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, March 11, 1958 Ordained to the Priesthood on December 13, 1969 Named Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, May 20, 1992 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop, May 27, 1992 Named Archbishop of Buenos Aires, February 28, 1998 Elevated to the College of Cardinals, February 21, 2001 Elected Pope, March 13, 2013 266th Successor of St. Peter 7 BIOGRAPHY OF POPE FRANCIS Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936. Son of Italian immigrants, his father Mario was an accountant employed by the railways, and his mother Regina Sivori was a committed wife dedicated to raising their five children. He graduated as a chemical technician and then chose the path of the priesthood, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. On March 11, 1958, he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. He completed his studies in the humanities in Chile, and returned to Argentina in 1963 to graduate with a degree in philosophy from the Colegio de San José in San Miguel. From 1964 to 1965 he taught literature and psychology at Immaculate Conception College in Santa Fé, and in 1966 he taught the same subjects at the Colegio del Salvatore in Bunos Aires. From 1967 to 1970, he studied theology and obtained a degree from the Colegio of San José. On December 13, 1969, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. He continued his formation between 1970 and 1971 at the University Of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and on April 22, 1973, made his final profession with the Jesuits. Returning to Argentina, he was novice master at Villa Barilari, San Miguel; professor at the Faculty of Theology of San Miguel; consulter to the Province of the Society of Jesus, and also Rector of the Colegio Máximo. On July 31, 1973, he was appointed Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina, an office he held for six years. He then resumed his work in the university sector and from 1980 to 1986 served once again as Rector of the Colegio de San José, as well as parish priest, again in San Miguel. In March 1986 he went to Germany to finish his doctoral thesis; his superiors then sent him to the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires and next to the Jesuit Church in the city of Córdoba as 8 spiritual director and confessor. On May 20, 1992, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary of Buenos Aires. On May 27, he received episcopal ordination from Cardinal Antinio Quarracino, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He was immediately appointed Episcopal Vicar of the Flores district and on December 21, 1993, was also entrusted with the office of Vicar General of the Archdiocese. On June 3, 1997, he was named of Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires. About nine months later, upon the death of Cardinal Quarracino, he succeeded him on February 28, 1998, as Archbishop, Primate of Argentina and Ordinary for Eastern Catholic in Argentina who do not have an Ordinary of their own rite. Three years later at the Consistory of February 21, 2001, Pope John Paul II created him Cardinal, assigning him the title of San Roberto Bellarmino. In October 2001, he was appointed General Relator to the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Ministry of Bishops. In 2005, he was elected President of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference and then, in 2008, reconfirmed for a further three-year term. In April 2005, he took part in the Conclave in which Pope Benedict XVI was elected. Until the beginning of the recent sede vacante, he was a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Congregation for the Clergy, and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Apostolic Life, the Pontifical Council for the Family, and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. He was elected Supreme Pontiff on March 13, 2013 9 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The Church had its beginning in Palestine after the historic Pentecost in Jerusalem. Then, it spread to other regions of the world. As it spread, certain cities became centers of Christian life and missionary endeavors-notably, Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria and Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West of the Roman Empire – India and Mesopotamia outside the Roman Empire. Each center developed its own practices of worship. These practices became diffused throughout their spheres of influence. These various groups of the faithful were