Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, Halab
Aleppen(sis) seu Beroeen(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Eastern metropolitan see · Melkite · Alep, Syria
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy for Aleppo (ancient Beroea), Syria, of the Byzantine rite. Established in 1724 within the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, its seat is the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Aleppo.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Melkite
- Erected
- 1724
- Latin
- Aleppen(sis) seu Beroeen(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000635
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 18,000
- Population
- 2,012
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 1,125
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
- Georges Masri
- Born
- 26 May 1968
- 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 the Virgin Mary, 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 Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of IraqIraq
- Archeparchy of Bosra e HaūrānBosra
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Archeparchy of Homs, EmesaHoms, Emesa
- Archeparchy of LattaquiéLattaquié
- Archeparchy of Petra e FiladelfiaPetra e Filadelfia
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of AntiochDamascus
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Aleppo, this archeparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Latin: Archidioecesis Aleppensis o Beroeensis Graecorum Melkitarum) lies in Syria. Georges Masri serves as its current archeparch.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].