Archeparchy of Damascus
Archidioecesis Damascena Syrorum
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| Location | |
| Country | Syria |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 14,000 |
| Parishes | 5 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| Rite | West Syriac Rite |
| Established | 1633 |
| Cathedral | Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul |
| Secular priests | 7 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Ignatius Joseph III Younan |
| Archeparch | Youhanna Jihad Battah |
| Website | |
| dasycach.com | |
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic ChurchinSyria. While a metropolitan see, the Archeparchy of Damascus is without suffragans and is exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. It has its cathedral in the archepiscopal see and Syrian national capital Damascus.
It was established in 1633 in its present status, on territory previously without a Syriac Catholic ordinary or ecclesiastical territory.
Pope John Paul II visited the archeparchy in May 2001.
Metropolitan Archeparchs of Damascus
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33°30′34″N 36°19′00″E / 33.5094°N 36.3166°E / 33.5094; 36.3166
