Establishment of St. Vincent de Paul Malankara Catholic Cathedral Parish, Elmont

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 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 at the St. Vincent de Paul Church in Elmont, New York. His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, 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 Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the Major Archbishop. During the Holy Mass, Bishop Eusebius read out the Decree establishing the new parish and Rev. Fr. Santhyan 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.