Syriac Diocese of

Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (English) / Dominæ Nestræ Liberationis in Fœderatis Civitatibus Americæ Septentrionalis (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

History

1995.11.06: Established as Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (English) / Dominæ Nestræ Liberationis Novarcen(sis) Syrorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2016.01.07: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Canada
2021.06.28: Renamed as Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (English) / Dominæ Nestræ Liberationis in Fœderatis Civitatibus Americæ Septentrionalis (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Syrian Catholic Eparchy, 317 Ave. E, Bayonne, NJ 07002, USA

Phone: +1 (201) 455-8151

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Barnaba Yousif Habash (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Barnaba Yousif Habash (73)
(2010.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States of the Syriacs (USA)

Born:	1951.06.01 (Qaraqosh, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.06.11

Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States of the Syriacs (USA) (2010.04.12 – ...)

Bishops of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Ephrem Joseph Younan (80) (later Patriarch)
(1995.11.06 – 2009.01.20)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)
President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

You will be my witnesses

Born:	1944.11.15 (Hassaké, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1971.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.07

Priest of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1971.09.12 – 1995.11.06)

Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark of the Syriacs (USA) (1995.11.06 – 2009.01.20)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([2009.01.20] 2009.01.22 – ...)

President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (2009.01.22 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Toma Syriac Cathedral, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Former Cathedral: St. Joseph Syriac Former Cathedral, Bayonne, New Jersey

Churches by City (13)

Canada (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 13,020 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (13 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 religious (1 brother)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.17

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