Greek-Melkite Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Damascus

Syria Syria

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Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. 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

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Patriarch ([2017.06.20] 2017.06.22 – ...):Patriarch Youssef Absi, M.S.P. (77)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)

Former Prelates

Zahleh–Furzol (←), Baalbek (↖), Homs (↑), Aleppo (↗), Iraq (→), Petra and Philadelphia (↘), Bosra–Hauran (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 3,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 46 priests (39 diocesan, 7 religious), 22 religious (7 brothers, 15 sisters), 7 seminarians

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Last updated on 2023.11.30

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