Eastern metropolitan see Bosra, Syria
Archeparchy of Bosra e Haūrān
Bostren(us) et Auranen(sis)
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy of the Byzantine rite covering Bosra and the Hauran region of southern Syria. Erected in 1881 within the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Khabab.
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- Established
- 1881
- Catholics
- 27,000
- Priests
- 15
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Elias El-Debei
- Born
- 27 September 1970
- Birthplace
- Damas
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Khabab stands in Bosra, 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.
History
With its territory in Syria, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran (in Latin: Archeparchy Bostrena et Auranensis) belongs to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Archeparch Elias El-Debei currently governs it.