Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
Damascen(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
Eastern metropolitan see · Melkite · Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq, Syria
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy of the Byzantine rite for Damascus, the proper patriarchal see of the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch since 1724. The patriarch governs it directly, assisted by a patriarchal vicar (Archbishop Nicolas Antiba). Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Melkite
- Erected
- 1724
- Latin
- Damascen(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001001268
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Population
- 2,010
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
- Patriarch
- His Beatitude Youssef Absi
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 Our Lady of the Dormition, 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 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 Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bosra e HaūrānBosra
- 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
A metropolitan and patriarchal see, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus of the Melkites (in Latin: Archeparchy Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum) counted 150,000 baptized in 2010. Archbishop Nicolas Antiba currently serves as vicar of Patriarch Youssef Absi.
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].