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Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Syria. While a metropolitan see, the Archeparchy of Damascus is without suffragans and is exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. It has its cathedral in the archepiscopal see and Syrian national capital Damascus.
Archeparchy of Damascus Archidioecesis Damascena Syrorum | |
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Location | |
Country | Syria |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 14,000 |
Parishes | 5 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Syriac Catholic Church |
Rite | West Syriac Rite |
Established | 1633 |
Cathedral | Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul |
Secular priests | 7 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Ignatius Joseph III Younan |
Archeparch | Youhanna Jihad Battah |
Website | |
dasycach.com |
It was established in 1633 in its present status, on territory previously without a Syriac Catholic ordinary or ecclesiastical territory.
Pope John Paul II visited the archeparchy in May 2001.
Metropolitan Archeparchs of Damascus
(incomplete : first centuries unavailable)
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