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Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, Halab

Aleppen(sis) Syrorum

Syriac Catholic archeparchy of the West Syriac rite for Aleppo (Beroea), Syria. Established in 1659, it is exempt and directly subject to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, with its seat at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aleppo.

The see

Rank
Archeparchy of the patriarchate
Tradition
Syriac Catholic Church
Erected
1659
Latin
Aleppen(sis) Syrorum
Annuario code
001000636

The see in figures

Catholics
9,000
Priests
4
Catholics per priest
2,250

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Archbishop
Denys Antoine Chahda
Born
19 August 1946
Birthplace
Alep

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Aleppo stands in Alep, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Known informally as Aleppo of the Syrians, this archeparchy of the Syriac Catholic Church in Syria is not a metropolitan see; it is exempt, answering directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Halab, Syria.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.