Archeparchy of Homs, Emesa
Hemesen(us) Syrorum
Eastern metropolitan see · Syrian · Homs, Emesa, Syria
Syriac Catholic archeparchy of the West Syriac rite for Homs (ancient Emesa), Syria, established in 1678. It belongs to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and has its seat at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Homs. Its archbishop, Mar Julian Jacques Mourad, was appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syrian
- Erected
- 1678
- Latin
- Hemesen(us) Syrorum
- Annuario code
- 001001606
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,500
- Population
- 2,023
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 525
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
- Julian Yacoub (Jacques) Mourad
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
Holy Spirit Cathedral, Homs stands in Homs, Emesa, 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 Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Archeparchy of Hassaké-NisibiHassaké
- Archeparchy of MossulMossul
- Eparchy of Bairut, BeirutBeirut
- Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Syriac Catholic Church, a sui iuris church using the Antiochian Rite in the Syriac language, counts among its Syrian jurisdictions the Archeparchy of Homs (-Hama-Nabk), informally called Homs of the Syriacs. Nominally metropolitan, this Eastern Catholic archdiocese has no suffragans. Its seat is the Holy Ghost Cathedral in Homs, and since March 2023 its head has been Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad, born Jacques Mourad.
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].