Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
Damascen(us) Syrorum
Eastern metropolitan see · Syrian · Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq, Syria
Syriac Catholic archeparchy of the West Syriac rite for Damascus, Syria. Erected in 1633, it belongs to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and has its seat at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul in Damascus.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syrian
- Erected
- 1633
- Latin
- Damascen(us) Syrorum
- Annuario code
- 001001269
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,000
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 7
- Catholics per priest
- 2,000
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
- Youhanna Jihad Battah
- Born
- 26 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Damas
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
Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul, Damascus stands in Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of Bassorah e GolfoBasra
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Hassaké-NisibiHassaké
- Archeparchy of Homs, EmesaHoms, Emesa
- Archeparchy of MossulMossul
- Eparchy of Bairut, BeirutBeirut
- Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its cathedral in the archepiscopal see and Syrian national capital Damascus, this ecclesiastical territory of the Syriac Catholic Church holds metropolitan rank yet has no suffragans, being exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.
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].