Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs

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Archeparchy of Homs (-Hama-Nabk)

Archidioecesis Hemesena Syrorum (-Epiphaniensis-Nabikensis)
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Holy Spirit Cathedral, Homs
Location
Country Syria
Statistics
Population
  • (as of 2023)
  • 10,500
Parishes15
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Syriac Catholic Church
Rite West Syriac Rite
Established1678
CathedralSyriac Catholic Holy Spirit Cathedral
Secular priests 20
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan
Archeparch Julian Yacoub Mourad

The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (informally Homs of the Syriacs) is a nominally metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) in Syria. It has no suffragans. The seat of the archeparchy is the Holy Ghost Cathedral in Homs, Syria.

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Since March 2023, it is headed by Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad (born Jacques Mourad). [1]

History

Established in 1678 as (nominally) Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs (or Emesa).

It later gained the merged-in titles of the suppressed eparchies of Hama of the Syriacs and Nabk of the Syriacs.This latter merger occurred some time after the death of its eparch Mar Matthew Nakkar in 1868.

Episcopal ordinaries

Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs (Emesa)
Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs-Hama-Nabk

References

  1. 1 2 "From the Eastern Churches, 07.01.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  2. "Österreich/Syrien: Trauer um Erzbischof von Homs". Vatican News (in German). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

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