Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)
Type: Archdiocese
Name: Latakia (English) / Lattaquié (français) / Laodicea (Italiano) / Lattaqiya / Laodicen(us) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)
Immediately Subject to the Patriarch
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Archbishop (2021.08.17 – ...): | ![]() |
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Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)
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Archbishop emeritus of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)
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Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)
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Archbishop Michel Yatim
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Archbishop Paul Achkar, M.S.P.
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Population: 13,000 Catholics (2020)
Statistics: 16 parishes, 12 priests (diocesan), 8 lay religious (8 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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