The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide

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, under the spiritual leadership of the

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. There are 368,000 Catholics in Syria (and its refugee diaspora), approximately 2% of the total population. The Catholics of Syria are members of several different Rite/language-specific Churches, including

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, Chaldean,

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, Maronite and Melkite in addition to the

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, and there are separate but overlapping jurisdictions for the faithful of each Church. All these bishops are members of the 'national' Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria and of the (vast) regional Episcopal Conference for Arab countries. The Eastern Catholic bishops also belong to the (international) synod of their patriarchate or other specific church.

Dioceses and Archdioceses

;Eastern Catholic particular Churches : Byzantine Rite *

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch is the only actual residential Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine Rite). It was formed in 1724 when a portion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch went into com ...

(in Damascus) * Metropolitan

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo (Latin: Archidioecesis Aleppensis o Beroeensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is an archeparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church located in Syria, based in Aleppo. Its current archeparch is Jean-Clément Je ...

* Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran * Metropolitan

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* Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs * Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia :

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s ::''Maronites (no Metropolitan)'' * Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo * Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus * Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia (Lattaquié) ::''Syriac (Syrian) Catholic'' * Metropolitan Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus * Metropolitan

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Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Al Hasakah-Nisibi(s) or of Al Hasakeh-Nisibi(s) (in French Hassaké–Nisibi) (informally Al-Hasakah–Nisibi(s) of the Syriacs) is a non-metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Cath ...

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(no Metropolitan) *

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* Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Kamichlié * Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus : Syro-Oriental Rite (no Archeparchy) *

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* Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (exempt Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction)

Cathedrals

* Cathedral of Our Lady of Dormition (Greek-Melkite Catholic Archdiocese of Bosra–Haūrān) * Cathedral of Our Lady of Latakia (Maronite Catholic Diocese of Lattaquié) * Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Greek-Melkite Catholic Archdiocese of Lattaquié) * Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppe) * Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppe) * Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Homs) * Cathedral Our Lady of Reliefs (Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppe) * Church of the Queen of the Universe (Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damas) * Greek-Melkite Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace (Greek-Melkite Catholic Archdiocese of Homs) * Greek-Melkite Cathedral of the Virgin Mary (Greek-Melkite Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppe) * Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady (Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarchal See of Antioch) * Maronite Cathedral (Maronite Catholic Archdiocese of Damas) * St. Elias Maronite Cathedral (Maronite Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppe) * St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Aleppe) * Syrian Cathedral (Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Damas)

Syrian popes

Seven popes from Syria ascended the papal throne, many of them lived in

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, Pope Gregory III, was previously the last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013.

References

GCatholic.org

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Dioceses and Archdioceses

Cathedrals

Syrian popes

See also

References

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