Apostolic Exarchate of Damas
Patriarchal exarchate · Armenian Catholic Church · Damas, Syria
Armenian Catholic patriarchal exarchate of the Armenian rite for Damascus, Syria. Established on 6 November 1984, it depends on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia. Its principal church is the Church of the Queen of the Universe in Damascus.
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal exarchate
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 6 November 1984
- Annuario code
- 001000560
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,500
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 4,500
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
- Patriarchal Exarch
- Kevork Assadourian
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
Church of the Queen of the Universe, Damascus stands in Damas, 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 Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bairut, BeirutBeirut
- Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of CiliciaBeirut
- Eparchy of KamichliéQamishli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Syrian national capital, the Marian Church of the Queen of the Universe serves as the see of this patriarchal exarchate, a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian language) covering part of Syria. It depends directly on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia and belongs to no ecclesiastical province, his or any other.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Arménien Catholique, B.P. 22281, Rue Qnayet Al-Hatab 54, Bab Touma Damas, Syrie
- Telephone
- [011]541.38.20; fax 541.94.31
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.