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=='''Greek Melkite Catholic Church Records'''== | =='''Greek Melkite Catholic Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[ | *[http://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Patriarchal-Exarchate-in-Kuwait '''Website'''] | ||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait extends its jurisdiction over the Melkite Greek Catholic faithful Catholic in Kuwait. It comprises a single parish in Kuwait City, which had 800 baptized Melkite Catholics in 2005. From the second half of the twentieth century was formed in Kuwait a community of Melkite Greek Catholics, mostly Arab workers of the nearby region. The church service was assured, at least initially, by Latin apostolic vicars. It was governed as a Patriarchal Vicariate of Antioch.On 25 March 1972 the Patriarch Maximos V Hakim erected the Patriarchal Exarchate.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Kuwait, accessed 12 April 2020. </ref> | The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait extends its jurisdiction over the Melkite Greek Catholic faithful Catholic in Kuwait. It comprises a single parish in Kuwait City, which had 800 baptized Melkite Catholics in 2005. From the second half of the twentieth century was formed in Kuwait a community of Melkite Greek Catholics, mostly Arab workers of the nearby region. The church service was assured, at least initially, by Latin apostolic vicars. It was governed as a Patriarchal Vicariate of Antioch.On 25 March 1972 the Patriarch Maximos V Hakim erected the Patriarchal Exarchate.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Kuwait, accessed 12 April 2020. </ref> | ||