The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Syria (Syria of the Armenians) was a short-lived (1983-1997) pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the

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) in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

History

Established in 1983 as

Patriarchal Exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and ea ...

of Syria, on territory previously without Ordinary of the

particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed to a ...

''sui iuris''. It was directly dependent on the Patriarch of

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, not part of his or any other

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. Suppressed in 1997, without formal successor jurisdiction.

Ordinaries

(all

) ;''Patriarchal Exarchs of Syria of the Armenians'' * Paul Coussa (1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27),

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(1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27); later Archeparch (Archbishop) of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (1983.06.27 – retired 2001.10.13) * Msgr. George Coussa (1983 – 1997) * Msgr. George Tayroyan (1983 – 1997)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Syria, Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate Former Eastern Catholic dioceses Armenian Catholic Church in Syria

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