Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese 
, Proper archeparchy of the Greek-Melkite Patriarch
Name: Damascus (English) / Damas (français) / Damasco (Italiano) / Dimašq / Aš-Šām / Damascen(us) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)
Governed by: Patriarchal See of Antioch
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
| Patriarch ([2017.06.20] 2017.06.22 – ...): |  Patriarch Youssef Absi (77)Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites President of Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria Patriarchal Administrator of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) |
Archbishop Joseph Absi, M.S.P. (77) (later Patriarch) (2014 – 2017.06.20)Population: 3,000 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes
Personnel: 46 priests (39 diocesan, 7 religious), 22 religious (7 brothers, 15 sisters), 7 seminarians
Last updated on 2023.11.30
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