Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Aleppo

The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Aleppensis) is an apostolic vicariate (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the

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, entitled to a

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) and is immediately subject to the

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and its missionary

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"Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The seat of the vicariate is the city of Aleppo (Halab in Arabic), where the Cathedral of the Child Jesus, was opened by Cardinal

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on 15 January 2011. Its (former?) episcopal see is the

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St. Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

, in Aleppo, Syria's greatest city before the civil war. It is currently ruled by the bishop

Georges Abou Khazen Georges Abou Khazen, OFM (born on 3 August 1947 in Aïn Zebdeh, Lebanon) is the current Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo. Life Georges Abou Khazen joined the Congregation of the Franciscan on 3 August 1972, and made his perpetual vows and received on 2 ...

, O.F.M.. Together with the Eastern Catholic hierarchs of five rite-specific Catholic churches (Melkite, Syriac, Maronite, Chaldean and Armenian) the Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo is part of the

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(A.H.C.S.). The Apostolic Vicar is also a member of the

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The Apostolic Vicariate extends its jurisdiction over the Catholics of the

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of all Syria, as per 2014 pastorally serving 13,000 Catholics in 10 parishes and 6 missions with 38 priests (religious) and 243 lay religious (46 brothers, 197 sisters).

History

From the early decades of the seventeenth century some religious orders, particularly the

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, the

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and the

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, settled in Syria and Aleppo. There were several conversions to Catholicism of the Latin rite, and this led

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to establish a diocese in Aleppo. A first attempt to build an apostolic vicariate (pre-diocesan mission under a titular bishop) was in 1645. On 31 July 1645 was appointed bishop the Franciscan Giovanni Battista Dovara, which, however, "that he had achieved such a dignity, otherwise do not bother to go to his residence, despite the replicated excitations that he was moved by the Holy Congregation. Nor from that time on he was thought to depute a Latin bishop in that city". The vicariate so he died in the bud: the jurisdiction of the Latin returned to the

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(traditionally a Franciscan), as it was previously. The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo was erected properly (the 'second' time) on 27 June 1762, when

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appointed the Congregation of the Mission member Frenchman Arnaud Bossu, who had been Apostolic Vicar of Algiers. In a

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, Bossu receives the title of Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo, with jurisdiction over the Eastern Europeans and the Latin Rite of the patriarchates of Antioch and Jerusalem, including the Maronite and Armenian patriarchates. The vicar, however, did not put his residence in Aleppo, but at

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, and never received episcopal consecration. Also on this occasion, the vicariate was short-lived due to the Suppression of the Jesuit Order in 1773 and the

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, which, among other consequences, involved the removal of all French religious orders not only in motherland, but also in mission lands. After the

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(1814-1815, to settle Europe after the defeat of Naopoleon I Bonaparte), the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples restored the apostolic vicariate in 1817, with the name of the Apostolic vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus. It had jurisdiction over much of Catholic missions of the central and southern regions of the

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, namely : Syria,

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, Palestine, the Arabian Peninsula,

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(then empire of

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including Eritrea) and

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(

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and southernmost Egypt). Also included was the south-central part of

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, including the cities of Antioch (Antakya) and Alexandretta (Iskenderun). On 1824.08.15 it lost Egyptian territory to establish the

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. On 18 May 1839 it ceded part of its territory for the creation of the

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) and the

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(today

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in the Ethiopian rite), and simultaneously took the name of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo. On October 4, 1847, it ceded Palestine, Cyprus and the areas corresponding to (the current / (Trans)

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for the restoration of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. With the end of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of modern Turkey (1923) and especially with the passage of Hatay from Syria to Turkey (1938), under the Papal bull of Pope Pius XII Ad maius christifidelium of 5 October 1939 and Quo sacrorum of 9 December 1939, the Vicariate Apostolic of Aleppo lost the Turkish territories that passed to the

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. From this moment the Vicariate Apostolic of Aleppo geographically corresponding to the Arab republic of Syria's territory. Only from this territorial change, the apostolic vicars have permanent residence in Aleppo, preferring previously reside in Lebanon.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; until 2013 Europeans and/or members of missionary Latin -mostly Franciscan- congregations) ;Apostolic Vicars of Aleppo (first period) *

Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Aleppo (1645–1650).Order of Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachi ...

(O.F.M.) (31 July 1645 – 1659 resigned)."Archbishop Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, O.F.M"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016 * Vacant seat (1659–1672) * Arnaud Bossu,

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(C.M.) (17 June 1762 – 20 November 1765 resigned) * Vacant see (1765–1818) ;Apostolic Vicars of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus * Aloisio Gandolfi, C.M. (13 January 1818 – death 25 August 1825),

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(Algeria) (1815.08.11 – 1825.08.25), also

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(papal diplomatic envoy) to Syria (1815.08.11 – 1825.08.25) * Giovanni Pietro Losana (23 January 1827 – 30 September 1833), later Bishop of

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(?) * Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (March 29, 1833 – death September 14, 1836),

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of Iconium (1833.03.29 – 1836.09.14), also

and Arabia (1833.03 – 1836.09.14) and Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1833.03 – 1836.09.14) * Angelo Giuseppe Fazio,

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (15 December 1837 – death 13 December 1838), Titular Bishop of

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(1836.04.26 – 1838.12.13) (initially as Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Tibet-Hindustan (British

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), 1836.04.26 – 1837.12.15); also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1837.12.15 – 1838.12.13) ;Apostolic Vicars of Aleppo (again) * Villardel Francisco, O.F.M. (8 March 1839 – death 19 June 1852),

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(1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19) * Paul Brunoni (July 4, 1853 – November 23, 1858), Titular Archbishop of Tharona (1853.07.12 – 1868.06.25), ? appointed Apostolic Vicar of Constantinople), later

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(1868.06.25 – 1877.01.02) * Giuseppe Valerga (1858 – death 2 December 1872 deceased) (apostolic administrator) * Serafino Milani, O.F.M. (23 January 1874 – 21 December 1874 appointed Bishop of Pontremoli) (bishop-elect) *

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, O.F.M. (November 13, 1876 – August 28, 1889), Titular Archbishop of Siunia (1876.11.18 – 1889.08.28), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1876.11.13 – 1889.08.28); later residential Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins (

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) (1889.08.28 – death 1905.01.24) and Grand Master of

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(1889.08.28 – 1905.01.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. (18 August 1890 – 25 February 1896), Titular Bishop of

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(1881.08.19 – 1890.08.19), later Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1890.08.19 – 1896.02.25) and

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(1890.08.19 – 1904.04.06), Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia (1896.02.25 – 1904.04.06) * Pierre Gonzales Charles Duval,

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(O.P.) † (February 25, 1896 – death July 31, 1904), Titular Archbishop of

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(1895.11.29 – 1904.07.31), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1896.02.25 – 1904.07.31) *

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, O.F.M. (January 20, 1905 – resigned February 12, 1936), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1905.01.16 – 1935), Titular Archbishop of Serræ (1905.01.16 – 1939.10.25); earlier

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(1900 – 1906); later

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(1936 – death 1939) *Vacant seat (1936–1967) *

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Akiki Bonaventure, O.F.M. (28 June 1967 – 1 March 1973 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of

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(1973.03.01 – death 1987.09.09), no previous prelature * Akiki Bonaventure, O.F.M. (''see above'' 1 March 1973 – 1979 Retired) * Guerino Domenico Picchi, O.F.M. (20 June 1980 – 9 July 1992 Retired), Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina (1980.06.20 – death 1997.07.19) * Armando Bortolaso,

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(S.D.B.) (9 July 1992 – 21 November 2002 Retired), Titular Bishop of

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(1992.07.09 – ...) * Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. (21 November 2002 – 15 April 2013 Retired), Titular Bishop of Forma (2002.11.21 – death 2015.10.26); previously

(1992.04.10 992.05.08– 1998.01.16) *

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, O.F.M. (15 April 2013 – 4 November 2013 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Rusadus (2013.11.04 – ...) *

, O.F.M. (''see above'' 4 November 2013 – ... ).

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gcatholic.org - data for all sections
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dalep.html * https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2032%20%5B1940%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf, AAS 32 (1940), p. 115 * Pius Bonifacius Gams, https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2032%20%5B1940%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf, AAS 32 (1940), p. 116 * {{cite book , title=Storia della Chiesa , editor=Hubert Jedin , volume=VIII/1 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVRRHogVx0sC , publisher=Jaca Book , year=2002 , pages=181–186, isbn=9788816302495 * C. Karalevsky, v. Alep, in, https://books.google.com/books?id=bVRRHogVx0sC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, vol. XII, Parigi 1953, coll. 110-112 e 114-115 * http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6561037d/f73.image
Latin Parish of St. Francis, Aleppo (in Arabic)
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