Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs
Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs(-Hama-Nabk) is a nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) in Syria. It has no suffragans. Its seat is Holy Ghost Cathedral in Homs, Syria.
It is headed by Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad (born Jacques Mourad).[1]
Established in 1678 as (nominally) Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs (or Emesa)
It later gained the merged-in titles of the suppressed eparchies of Hama of the Syriacs and Nabk of the Syriacs.This latter merger occurred some time after the death of its eparch Mar Matthew Nakkar in 1868.
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