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Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates) (1)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (6)

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Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (3)

Apostolic Vicariates (1)

Patriarchal Exarchates (1)

Roman Rite (1): Aleppo

Armenian Church (3): Aleppo, Damascus, Kameshli

Chaldean Church (1): Aleppo

Greek-Melkite Church (6): Aleppo, Antioch, Bosra–Hauran, Damascus, Homs–Hama–Jabrud, Latakia

Maronite Church (3): Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia

Syriac Church (4): Aleppo, Damascus, Hassaké–Nisibi, Homs–Hama–Nabk

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Patron Saints: Saint Barbara, Saint Sergius

Saints: 50 Saints, 8 Blesseds

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Damascus

Area: 183,630 km²

Population: 18,028,549

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Lebanon , ← Cyprus , ↑ Turkiye , → Iraq , ↓ Jordan

Religions: Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%, Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)

Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English

Ethnic Groups: Arab 90.3%, Kurdish, Armenian, and other 9.7%

Motto: Waḥdah, Ḥurrīyah, Ishtirākīyah (Arabic) (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)

Area: 185,180 km²

Catholic Population: 201,000 Catholics (1.1% of 18,786,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 188 parishes, 1 mission station (with resident priest), 9 other centres

Clergy: 23 bishops (12 diocesan, 11 titular), 235 priests (169 diocesan, 66 religious), 13 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 260 religious (19 brothers, 241 sisters), 49 major seminarians, 3 missionaries, 1,234 catechists