Archeparchy of Lattaquié
Laodicen(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Melkite · Lattaquié, Syria
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy of the Byzantine rite for Latakia (Lattaquie) on the Syrian coast. Erected in 1961 from the Melkite Archeparchy of Tripoli, it belongs to the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Latakia.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Melkite
- Erected
- 28 April 1961
- Latin
- Laodicen(us) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001001968
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,500
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 906
- Extent
- 4,252 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.4
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
- Georges Khawam, S.M.S.P.
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 Annunciation, Latakia stands in Lattaquié, 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
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of IraqIraq
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bosra e HaūrānBosra
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Archeparchy of Homs, EmesaHoms, Emesa
- 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
Latakia is home to a Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy (Latin: Archeparchy Laodicena Graecorum Melkitarum) that answers immediately to the Holy See. Archeparch Georges Khawam currently governs it; in 2009 the baptized numbered 14,500.
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].