Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus

Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Syria

Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy Maronitarum Damascena

Location
Country	Syria
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2013) 20,300^{[citation needed]}
Parishes	8
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Maronite Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	1527
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Archeparch	Samir Nassar

The Archeparchy of Damascus^[1] (Latin: Archeparchy Maronitarum Damascena) is an archeparchy of the Maronite Church. In 2013 there were 20,300^{[citation needed]} members. It is currently governed by Archbishop Samir Nassar.

Territory and statistics

The archeparchy includes the city of Damascus, where is located the Maronite Cathedral. The territory is divided into eight parishes and has 20,300^{[citation needed]} Maronite Catholics.

History

There are a series of Maronite Catholic bishops since 1527, however the archeparchy was canonically erected in the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736.

Bishops and archbishops

Antun (1523 - 1529)
Gergis al-Ihdini (1529 - 1562)
Gergis Sulayman al-Qubursi (1561 - 1577)
Gergis al-Basluqiti (1577 - 1580)
Yusuf Musa al-Rizzi (1595 - 1597) appointed patriarch of Antioch
Sarkis II al-Rizzi (1608-1638)
Yusuf Umaymah al-Karmsaddani (1644 - 1653)
Yaqub al-Rami (1653 - 1658)
Sarkis al-Jamri al-Ihidni (1658 - 1668)
Michael al-Ghaziri (? - 1697)
Simon Awad (Simone Evodius) (27 January 1716 - 16 March 1743 appointed patriarch of Antioch)
Michael al-Sayigh (1746 - 1755)
Arsenio Abdul-Ahad (mentioned in August 1774)
Joseph Tyan (6 August 1786 consecrated - 1788 appointed Patriarchal Vicar)
Germanos al-Khazen (Germano Gazeno) (1794 - 1806)
Estephan I al-Khazen (2 April 1806 - 31 December 1830)
Joseph Ragi El Khazen (6 April 1830 - 1845) appointed Patriarchal
Estephan II al-Khazen (Gazeno) (2 April 1848 - 8 December 1868 deceased)
Nomatalla Dahdah (11 February 1872 - ? deceased)
Paul Massad (12 June 1892 - March 1919 deceased)
Bisciarah Riccardo Chemali (9 May 1920 - 24 December 1927 deceased)
Jean El-Hage (29 April 1928 - 30 November 1955 deceased)
Abdallah Najm
Michael Doumit (1960 - ?)
Antoine Hamid Mourany (5 June 1989 - 10 March 1999 resigned)
Raymond Eid (5 June 1999 - 25 September 2006 withdrawn)
Samir Nassar, (since 14 October 2006)