Eastern metropolitan see Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq, Syria
Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
Damascen(us) Syrorum
Syriac Catholic Church
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.
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- Established
- 1633
- Catholics
- 14,000
- Priests
- 7
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
- Youhanna Jihad Battah
- Born
- 26 June 1956
- Birthplace
- Damas
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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.
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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.