Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria 🇸🇾 (Syriac Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1633: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Damascus (English) / Damas (français) / Damasco (Italiano) / Dimašq / Aš-Šām / Damascen(us) Syrorum (Latin)
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
| Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.07.12 – ...): |  Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Battah (68) |
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Ordinaries
| Metropolitan Archbishops of Damascus (Syriac Rite) |
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| Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Battah (68) (2019.07.12 – ...)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)Born:1956.06.26 (Damascus, Syria)Ordained Priest:1991.05.19Consecrated Bishop:2011.05.20Priest of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1991.05.19 – 2011.03.01)Titular Bishop of Phæna (2011.03.01 – 2019.07.12)Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs (2011.03.01 – 2019.07.12)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (2019.07.12 – ...) |
| Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé (2001.06.24 – 2019.07.12)Born:1941.03.18 (Mardin, Syria)Ordained Priest:1969.05.04Consecrated Bishop:1996.01.07Died:2023.04.16 (Kamichlié, Syria † 82)Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1995.06.24 – 1996.05.25)Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1995.06.24 – 1997)Titular Bishop of Mardin of the Syriacs (1996.05.25 – 1999.05.08)Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs (1997 – 1999.05.08)Coadjutor Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1999.05.08 – 2001.06.24)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (2001.06.24 – 2019.07.12) |
| Archbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer (1978.09.04 – 2001.05.15)Born:1925.06.06 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1949.04.23Consecrated Bishop:1971.08.15Died:2007.02.16 († 81)Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs (1971.05.10 – 1978.09.04)Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1971.05.10 – 1978.09.04)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1978.09.04 – 2001.05.15)Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs (2001.05.15 – 2006) |
| Archbishop Clément Georges Schelhoth (1972.07.07 – 1978.09.04)Born:1920.12.20 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1945.05.10Consecrated Bishop:1972.09.08Died:1991.10.04 († 70)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1972.07.07 – 1978.09.04)Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1978.09.04 – 1979)Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs (1978.09.04 – 1991.10.04) |
| Archbishop Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal (1968.08.20 – 1971.05.30)Born:1909.01.12 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1934.02.04Consecrated Bishop:1968.10.12Died:1971.05.30 († 62)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1968.08.20 – 1971.05.30) |
| Archbishop Iwannis Georges Stété (1933.10.16 – 1968.08.20)Born:1887.10.01 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1911.06.11Consecrated Bishop:1933.10.01Died:1975.02.27 († 87)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1933.07.26] 1933.10.16 – 1968.08.20)Titular Archbishop of Bostra (1968.08.20 – 1975.02.27) |
| Archbishop Grégoire Pierre Habra (1924.03.24 – 1933.03.21)Born:1856.12.03 (Syria)Died:1933.03.21 († 76)Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1924.03.24 – 1933.03.21) |
| Archbishop Clément Michel Bakhache (1900.09.24 – 1922.08.03)Born:1865.10.06 (Syria)Consecrated Bishop:1900.09.24Died:1958.07.04 († 92)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1900.07.03] 1900.09.24 – 1922.08.03)Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Syriacs (1922.08.03 – 1958.07.04) |
| Archbishop Jules-Basile Kandelaft (1893.12.25 – 1902.10.24)Born:1848Consecrated Bishop:1893.12.25Died:1914.01.01 († 65)Titular Bishop of Ioppe (1893.12.25 – 1902.10.24)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1893.12.25 – 1902.10.24)Titular Archbishop of Palmyra (1902.10.24 – 1914.01.01) |
| Archbishop Jean-Clément Mamarbachi (1892 – 1914.05.20)Born:1830.12.29 (Mardin, Syria)Ordained Priest:1854.04.23Consecrated Bishop:1892.06.06Died:1914.05.20 († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1892 – 1914.05.20) |
| Archbishop Grégoire Siméon Zora (later Patriarch) (1812 – 1814.01.13)Born:1754 (Iraq)Ordained Priest:1780Consecrated Bishop:1812.06.10Died:1838.08.21 († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1812 – 1814.01.13)Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1814.01.13] 1816.03.08 – 1818.06.01) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé (1999.05.08 – 2001.06.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Cirillo Riza (1927.06.20 – 1954.05.06)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 7,300 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes
Personnel: 7 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 10 religious (10 sisters), 2 seminarians