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Jan 10, 2023 · “We love this church, and we are proud of this first Syriac Catholic church in the west.” Twenty-seven years later, St. Toma is now officially the eparchy’s cathedral, with Pope Francis approving a move of the episcopal seat from St. Joseph Cathedral in Bayonne, N.J., to Farmington Hills on July 1, 2022.
ABOUT THE DIOCESE. Until 1995, Syriac Catholic congregations in the United States and Canada were under the jurisdiction of the local Latin Rite bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
St. Toma Cathedral is a Syriac Catholic cathedral located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States. It is the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States. St. Toma is the first church erected outside of the Middle East to serve Syriac Catholics, who locally, were refugees from Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria.
St. Toma Syriac Catholic Church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Eparchy in the United States who is pastored by his Excellency Mor Barnaba Yousif Habash. The parish is located at 25600 Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335.
The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. The territory of the eparchy encompasses the entire United States. Its cathedral is St. Toma Cathedral, in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Jul 11, 2023 · Michigan, which is home to the largest number of Syriac Catholics in the eparchy, has three Syriac Catholic parishes: St. Toma in Farmington Hills — which became the cathedral of the eparchy in 2022 — Christ the King in Troy, and St. Isaac of Nineveh in Lansing.
Jul 9, 2018 · On Saturday, June 30, St. Isaac the Syriac, Archbishop of Nineveh Syriac Catholic Church was consecrated. The consecration ceremony and the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Excellency Mor Barnaba Yousif Habash, Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Diocese in the United States.
