The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the PopeinRome.
In 2020, there were 192,000 Catholics in Syria, approximately 1% of the total population.[1] The Catholics of Syria are members of several different Rite/language-specific Churches; mainly the Melkite,[2] but also including Armenian, Chaldean, Syriac, Maronite and in addition to the Latin Church - there are separate but overlapping jurisdictions for the faithful of each Church.
All these bishops are members of the 'national' Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria and of the (vast) regional Episcopal Conference for Arab countries. The Eastern Catholic bishops also belong to the (international) synod of their patriarchate or other specific church.
Caritas Syria is the charity organisation of the Catholic Church of Syria.
Seven popes from Syria ascended the papal throne,[6][7] many of them lived in Italy, Pope Gregory III,[8][9] was previously the last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013.
| Numerical order | Pontificate | Portrait | Name English · Regnal |
Personal name | Place of birth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 – 64/67 | 
|
StPeter PETRUS |
Simon Peter | Bethsaida, Galilea, Roman Empire | Saint Peter was from village of Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Roman Syria, Roman Empire (located in the modern Golan Heights) |
| 11 | 155 to 166 | 
|
StAnicetus ANICETUS |
Anicitus | Emesa, Syria | Traditionally martyred; feast day 17 April |
| 82 | 12 July 685 – 2 August 686 (1 year+) |
|
John V Papa IOANNES Quintus |
Antioch, Syria | ||
| 84 | 15 December 687 – 8 September 701 (3 year+) |
|
StSergius I Papa Sergius |
Sicily, Italy | Sergius I was born in Sicily, but he was from Syrian parentage[10] | |
| 87 | 15 January 708 to 4 February 708 (21 days) |
|
Sisinnius Papa SISINNIUS |
Syria | ||
| 88 | 25 March 708 – 9 April 715 (7 years+) |
|
Constantine Papa COSTANTINUS sive CONSTANTINUS |
Syria | Last pope to visit Greece while in office, until John Paul II in 2001 | |
| 90 | 18 March 731 to 28 November 741 (10 years+) |
|
StGregory III Papa GREGORIUS Tertius |
Syria | Son of a Syrian named John. |