Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus

The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in part of Syria.

It depends directly on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, without belonging to his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its see is the Marian Church of the Queen of the Universe, in the Syrian national capital Damascus.

History

Established on 6 November 1984 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus (Arabic Aš-Šām).^[1]

Ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Patriarchal Exarchs of Damascus

• Father Kevork Tayroyan (1984 – 1997)
• Joseph Arnaouti, Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar (I.C.P.B.) (1997 – ...); previously Eparch (Bishop) of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1989.08.21 – 1992.04.10), Auxiliary Eparch of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) (1994.05.24 – 1997), Bishop of Curia of the Armenian Catholics (1997 – 1999)

See also

• Catholic Church in Syria

References

External links

• GCatholic with incumbent biography links

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Armenian Catholic Church hierarchy

Patriarchate

• Cilicia (Beirut, Lebanon)

Metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)

• Beirut (Lebanon, Patriarch's proper)

Non-metropolitan archeparchies

• Aleppo (Syria)
• Baghdad (Iraq)
• Istanbul (Turkey)
• Lviv (Ukraine)

Eparchies

• Alexandria (Cairo, Egypt)
• Isfahan (Iran)
• Qamishli (Syria)
• Our Lady of Nareg in U.S.A. and Canada
• Sainte-Croix-de-Paris
• San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Apostolic exarchates

• Latin America and Mexico (Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay)

Ordinariates for Eastern Catholic faithful

• Eastern Europe (for Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine)
• Greece
• Romania

Patriarchal exarchates

• Damascus (Syria)
• Jerusalem and Amman (Holy Land, Jordan)
• Syria

Titular Archeparchies

Metropolitan Archeparchies

Achrida (Ohrid)

Pessinus

Traianopolis in Rhodope of the Armenians

Non-metropolitan Archeparchies

Chalcedon

Colonia in Armenia

Mardin

Nisibis of the Armenians

Sebaste

Tarsus of the Armenians

Titular Eparchies

• Adana of the Armenians
• Amida of the Armenians
• Anazarbus of the Armenians
• Ancyra of the Armenians
• Artvin
• Cesarea in Cappadocia
• Garin
• Kharput
• Marasc
• Melitene of the Armenians
• Mush
• Prusa
• Tokat
• Trapezus of the Armenians

Former circumscriptions

• Mardin (Turkey)

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