Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait

The Exarchate 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. == History ==

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, naming as the first Exarch Archimandrite Basile Kanakri of the clergy of Damascus, the incumbent patriarchal vicar, who was succeeded, on 9 August 2002, by Boutros Gharib, clergyman of Beirut. == Ordinaries ==

;Patriarchal Exarchs • Archimandrite Basil(ios) Kanakri (25 March 1972 - 2002 withdrawn), previously Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (1971 – 1978) and last Patriarchal Vicar of Kuwait of the Greek-Melkites (Kuwait) (1972.03.25 – 1991) • Archimandrite Boutros Gharib (since 9 August 2002 - ...) == References ==

• http://www.rcckw.com/ • http://www.pgc-lb.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Patriarchal-Exarchate-in-Kuwait • GCatholic with incumbent bio links