Apostolic visitor
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In the
History
Apostolic visitors are church officials whom canonists commonly class with
In ancient times, the popes generally exercised their right of inspecting the dioceses of various countries through their nuncios or delegates (c. 1, Extravag. Comm. de Consuet. I, 1; c. 17, X, de Cens. III, 39), though they occasionally, even in the primitive ages, sent special visitors.
In the modern time, the mission of
Regular clergy
Visitors Apostolic are also appointed to visit the various provinces of a religious order, whenever, in the judgment of the pope, this becomes useful or necessary. In all cases of Apostolic visitation, the pope, through delegates, is putting into effect the supreme and immediate jurisdiction which is his for any and every part of the Church. The exact powers of a visitor can be known only from his brief of delegation. His office ceases as soon as he has submitted his report to the Holy See through the
The Commission of the Apostolic Visitation
For the city of
Eastern Catholic Apostolic Visitors
In
Apostolic Visitors in the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Because the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite) remains unorganized in terms of structural polity, with no proper jurisdictions of its own erected, since 1960 the Pope has entrusted the pastoral care of Belarusian Greek Catholics to a series of Apostolic Visitors. These apostolic visitors have thus served as the only hierarchs of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church during this time period.
- Bishop Ceslaus Sipovich served as Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (outside of Belarus) from 1960 until his death in 1981.
- Bishop Uladzimir Tarasevich served as Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad from 1983 until his death in 1986.
- Father Alexander Nadson served as Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad from 1986 until his death in 2015.
- Father Sergiusz Gajek has served as Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful in Belarus since 1994.[1]
Apostolic Visitors in the Major Eastern Catholic Churches
In recent years, nearly all of the Patriarchal and Major Archiepiscopal Eastern Catholic churches (except the
Armenian Catholic Church
Since 1986, the Armenian Catholic eparchs of Paris (whose eparchy covers all of France) have served as Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Armenians:[2]
- Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan(Eparch of Paris, 1986–2013), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 30 June 1986 – 8 June 2013
- Bishop Jean Teyrouz (Eparch of Paris, 2013–2018), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 8 June 2013 – 23 June 2018
- Bishop Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan (Eparch of Paris, 2018–present), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 23 June 2018 – present
Chaldean Catholic Church
The Chaldean Catholic Church has had an Apostolic Visitor in Europe of the Chaldeans since 2005:
- Procurator at Rome, 2001–2014), Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 4 July 2005 – 20 July 2013 [3]
- Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran, 1999–present), Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 20 July 2013 – 19 November 2016 [4]
- Bishop Saad Sirop, Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 19 November 2016 – present [5]
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church currently has one apostolic visitor:
- Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart (Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo, 1995–present), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 31 December 1999 – present [6]
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church currently has one apostolic visitor:
- Father Cristian Dumitru Crișan, Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 9 April 2018 – present [7]
Syriac Catholic Church
The Syriac Catholic Church currently has two Apostolic Visitors:
- Archbishop Procurator at Rome, 1997–2012), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 2002 – 3 December 2012
- Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (Bishop of the Curia, 2011–present), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 13 January 2014 – 21 June 2017; Apostolic Visitor in Australia, 21 June 2017 – present [8]
- Father Rami Al-Kabalan, Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 21 June 2017 – present [9]
Syriac Maronite Church
The
- Bishop Georges Chihane (Eparch of Cairo, 2012–present), Apostolic Visitor in Northern Africa, 13 January 2014 – present
- Bishop Procurator at Rome, 2012–2019), Apostolic Visitor in Bulgaria and Romania and Apostolic Visitor in Greece, 13 April 2015 – 11 October 2018
- Archbishop Joseph Soueif (Archbishop of Cyprus, 2008–present), Apostolic Visitor in Greece, 11 October 2018 – present
- Bishop Michel Aoun (Eparch of Byblos, 2012–present), Apostolic Visitor in Bulgaria and Romania, 11 October 2018 – present
- Bishop Eparch of Paris, 2012–present), Apostolic Visitor in Western and Northern Europe, 21 July 2012 – present
- Bishop Simon Faddoul (Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa, 2014–2018; Eparch of the Annunciation, 2018–present), Apostolic Visitor in Southern Africa, 13 January 2014 – present
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
The
- Bishop Jacob Angadiath (Eparch of Chicago, 2001–present), Apostolic Visitor in Canada, 16 February 2001 – 6 August 2015 [note 1][11]
- Bishop
- Bishop Bosco Puthur (Eparch of Melbourne, 2013–present), Apostolic Visitor in New Zealand, 23 December 2013 – present [12]
- Archbishop
- Bishop Gratian Mundadan (Eparch of Bijnor, 1977–2009), Apostolic Visitor in India outside the proper territory, 15 July 2006 – 11 January 2014 [14]
- Bishop
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church has had a number of apostolic visitors over the last few decades, three of whom served as apostolic visitors for two different regions simultaneously. Partly due to the canonical erection of several new eparchies and apostolic exarchates, however, there are currently no Syro-Malankara apostolic visitors at present:
- Bishop Isaac Mar Cleemis (Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum, 2001–2003), Apostolic Visitor in North America and Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 18 June 2001 – 11 September 2003 [note 5][16]
- Bishop Joseph Mar Thomas (Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum, 2005–2010), Apostolic Visitor in North America and Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 5 January 2005 – 25 January 2010 [17]
- Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius (Apostolic Exarch of the United States, 2010–2016; Eparch of the United States and Canada, 2016–2017), Apostolic Visitor in Canada, 14 July 2010 – 4 January 2016;[note 6] Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 14 July 2010 – 5 August 2017 [18]
- Bishop Yoohanon Mar Theodosius (Bishop of the Curia, 2017–2022), Apostolic Visitor in Europe, 5 August 2017 – 10 April 2018 [19]
- Bishop Antony Mar Silvanos (Bishop of the Curia, 2022-present)
- Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas, Apostolic Visitor in India outside the proper territory, 7 February 2007 – 26 March 2015 [note 7][20]
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church had several apostolic visitors in Western Europe after the end of World War II and currently has three apostolic visitors:
- Archbishop Ivan Buchko, Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 28 July 1945 – 29 September 1971
- Bishop Myroslav Marusyn, Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe, 27 June 1974 – 14 September 1982 [21]
- Bishop Procurator at Rome, 2003–2006; Eparch of London, 2009–present),[note 8] Apostolic Visitor in Italy, 14 January 2003 – 7 January 2009; Apostolic Visitor in Spain, 4 March 2004 – 7 January 2009; Apostolic Visitor in Ireland, 4 March 2004 – present [22][23]
- Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz, Apostolic Visitor in Italy and Spain, 19 January 2009 – present [24]
- Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto (Eparch of Buenos Aires, 2011–present),[note 9] Apostolic Visitor in Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela, 12 January 2013 – present [25]
See also
- Canonical visitation
- Provincial episcopal visitor
- Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina
Notes
- Syro-Malabar Apostolic Exarchate of Canada was established on August 6, 2015, with Bishop Jose Kalluvelilas its first apostolic exarch.
- ^ Chirappanath has been Procurator at Rome since 2012, but was not appointed a bishop until his appointment as Apostolic Visitor in Europe in 2016.
- Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamalyand a Cardinal.
- ^ The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Shamshabad was established on October 10, 2017, with Bishop Thattil as its first apostolic exarch. The establishment of this eparchy, along with that of Hosur on the same day, marked the conclusion of the Syro-Malabar apostolic visitation in India, with the entire territory of India finally covered by Syro-Malabar ordinaries.
- ^ Isaac Mar Cleemis was appointed Bishop of Tiruvalla on September 11, 2003, and later became the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla before being elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007, at which point he took the name Baselios Cleemis.
- ^ The Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of the United States was established on July 14, 2010, the same day that Thomas Mar Eusebius was appointed to be its first bishop. He was also simultaneously appointed Apostolic Visitor in Canada. On January 4, 2016, the apostolic exarchate was promoted as the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States and Canada, with its jurisdiction now extended to also include Canada.
- Apostolic Exarchate of Khadki. Jacob Mar Barnabas was appointed the first Bishop of Gurgaon, and Thomas Mar Anthoniosthe first Apostolic Exarch of Khadki.
- ^ Lonchyna was originally appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain on June 2, 2009, and was subsequently named Apostolic Exarch on June 14, 2011. He later became the first bishop of the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London when the Apostolic Exarchate was promoted on January 18, 2013.
- ^ Kozelinski Netto was originally appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Buenos Aires on June 22, 2011, and was subsequently named Eparch on October 8, 2016.
References
Citations
- ^ "Belarussian Church (Catholic)" GCatholic.org
- ^ "Diocese of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France (Armenian Rite)" GCatholic.org
- ^ "Msgr. Philip B. Najim GCatholic.org
- ^ "Archbishop Ramzi Garmou" GCatholic.org
- ^ Catholic Bishops of the Chaldean Church GCatholic.org
- ^ "Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart" GCatholic.org
- ^ "Nomina del Visitatore Apostolico per i fedeli greco-cattolici romeni in Europa Occidentale" Vatican.va
- ^ "Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa" GCatholic.org
- ^ "Fr. Rami Al-Kabalan" GCatholic.org
- ^ Catholic Bishops of the Maronite Church
- ^ Diocese of St Thomas the Apostle of Chicago
- ^ a b Catholic Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church
- ^ Cardinal Antony Padiyara
- ^ Bishop Gratian Mundadan
- ^ Diocese of Shamshabad, India (Syro-Malabar Rite
- ^ Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal
- ^ Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath
- ^ Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil
- ^ "Bishop John Kochuthundil" GCatholic.org
- ^ Bishop Jacob Barnabas Aerath
- ^ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. pp. 363–364.
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- ^ Rinunce e nomine, 14.06.2011 Holy See Press Office
- ^ Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz
- ^ Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Visitors Apostolic". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. [1]