Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City

Porta Coeli Cathedral
Catedral de Porta Coeli
Location Mexico City
Country  Mexico
Denomination Catholic Church (Greek-Melkite or Byzantine rite)

The Porta Coeli Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Porta Coeli ) also called Church of the Gate of Heaven or Church of Porta Coeli Is the name that receives a religious building that belongs to the Catholic church follows the Greek Melkite rite (Bizantine) in full communion with the Pope in Rome and is located in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is one of the 3 Catholic cathedrals of the locality being the others the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Ascension (Roman or Latin rite) and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Valvanera (Maronite rite).

The temple is the main church of the Greek Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Paradise in Mexico City (Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi in Civitate Mexicana Graecorum Melkitarum) which was created in 1988 through the bull "Apostolorum Principis" of then Pope John Paul II to meet the religious needs of the local Melkite Catholic community.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Nicholas James Samra who was appointed leader of the Catholics of Melite Rite by Pope Francis in 2015.[2]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Church of Porta Coeli
  2. ↑ "Papa nombra nuevo líder de católicos greco-melquitas de México". Excélsior. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2016-11-28.

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