OUR CHURCH IN ARGENTINA
History:
Immigration
began here at the end of the last century, but really developed only
between 1910 and 1930, with another wave after the Second World War.
Most Melkite Catholic immigrants were either Syrians or Lebanese, with
however a few hundred families of Palestinian, Transjordanian or
Egyptian origin.
In
the absence of official statistics, Arab embassies put the number of
eastern Arab immigrants at about two million, 20% of whom are Muslims.
As for our own Melkite-Greek Catholic community and those other
oriental communities which we serve, such as Syrian, Coptic and
Chaldean Catholics, their number must be something between 150,000 and
160,000 scattered across Argentina.
However, the greater number is to be found in certain specific centers,
which makes ministration to them according to the oriental rite both
possible and comparatively easy. These centers are Cordoba, Rosario
(separated by about 250 miles), Buenos Aires about 350 miles from
Rosario, Santa Fe and other less important places such as Mar de Plata,
Catamarca, Mendoza, etc.
Up
to the present the pastoral service for the Melkite-Greek Catholics has
depended on the three centres of Cordoba (since 1900), Rosario (since
1924) and Buenos Aires (since 1940), and in some degree from Santa Fe
(between 1960 and 1967).
Bishop of Argentina
Exarch Abdo Arbach B.C.
Cordoba
Saint George's Parish.
Corrientes 276-5000 Cordoba
Rosario
Fr. Brahim Salameh, M.S.P.
Saint George's Parish
1020 Moreno - Rosario
Buenos Aires
Archim. Andrew Karameh, M.S.P.
Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour,
1358 Canning-Buenos Aires.
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For any information updates or amendments, please send an E-mail to GMA: gma@melkites.org,
or alternatively by post to:
Global Melkite Association
Rev Fr Samir Haddad
40 Gillies St Fairfield VIC 3078
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