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

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(Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church (''sui iuris'', Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac language) in Syria. It is directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and the

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), not part of any

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. The

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of the

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in Al-Hasakah is its archiepiscopal see.

History

Established on 17 July 1957 as

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of Al-Hasakah (Diocese), on Syriac territory previously without proper Ordinary for the

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''sui iuris''. Promoted on 3 December 1964 as Archdiocese of Al-Hasakah–Nisibi(s) (Archdiocese), adopting as honorary second title Nisibi(s), a grand old, suppressed Metropolitan see which has titular archbishopric successor sees in four other Catholic rites but never was a Syriac Catholic diocese.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) ;Eparch of Al Hasakah * Jean Karroum (1959.02.21 – 1964.12.03 ''see below'') ;Archeparchs of Al Hasakah * Jean Karroum (''see above'' 1964.12.03 – death 1967.03.22) *

Jacques Michel Djarwé Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a penin ...

(1967.07.18 – death 1981.09.08) *

Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri (August 20, 1916 – May 4, 2011) was a Syrian Bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. He was the oldest Syrian Catholic bishop. Hafouri was born in Damas, Syria, and was ordained a priest on January 28, 1940. Hafo ...

(1982.03.18 – retired 1996.06.28) *

Jacques Behnan Hindo Jacques Behnan Hindo (8 August 1941 – 6 June 2021) was a Turkish bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as Archeparch of Al Hasakah from 1996 to 2019. Biography Hindo was born in İdil, Turkey on 8 August 1941. He was ordained as a ...

(1996.06.29 – retired 2019.07.12) *

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(since 2022.05.12)

References

External links

GCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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