New Cathedral Parish for Syro- Malankara Catholic Exarchate USA

Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, established a new Cathedral Parish, St. Vincent D’Paul Malankara Catholic Parish, for the Exarchate.

Two neighboring parishes in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate have been brought together to form a new Cathedral parish for the Exarchate. The erstwhile St. John Chrysostom Malankara Catholic parish, Long Island and St. Basil’s Malankara Catholic parish, Queens have been combined and a new parish by the name St. Vincent de Paul Malankara Catholic Cathedral Parish, Elmont, New York has been established.

The solemn function took place at 10.00 am on Sunday, September 8, 2013, on the Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary. His Excellency the Most Rev. Thomas Mar Eusebius, Bishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate in USA and His Excellency the Most Rev. Robert Brennen, Vicar General of the Diocese of Rockville Center were received at the entrance of the church. The Holy Qurbano was presided over by the Major Archbishop. During the Holy Mass, Bishop Eusebius read out the Decree establishing the new parish and Rev. Fr. Sathyan Antony OIC (Pastor), Rev. Fr. Abraham Lukose (Associate Pastor), Mr. Johnson Daniel (Secretary) and Mr. Saji Thomas (Treasurer) together received the Decree from the Bishop. Msgr. Peter Kochery, Msgr. Richard Figliozzi, many Rev. Fathers, Sisters and a large number of the Faithful witnessed the event.