Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs

Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Syria

Archeparchy of Homs (-Hama-Nabk)

Archidioecesis Hemesena Syrorum (-Epiphaniensis-Nabikensis)

Holy Spirit Cathedral, Homs

Location
Country| Syria
Statistics
Population|

* (as of 2023)

* 10,500

Parishes| 15
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Syriac Catholic Church
Rite| West Syriac Rite
Established| 1678
Cathedral| Syriac Catholic Holy Spirit Cathedral
Secular priests| 20
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
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.

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

## History

[edit]

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

[edit]

Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs (Emesa)

* (all unavailable)

Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs-Hama-Nabk

* ...
* Gabriel Homsi (1816 – death 1858)
* Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin (1872.05.18 – death 1913)
* Joseph Rabbani (1927.04.29 – retired 1947.12.14), emeritates first as Titular Archbishop of Constantina (1947.12.14 – 1951.02.24), later as Titular Archbishop of Nacolia (1951.02.24 – 1973.05.02)
* Joseph Jacob Abiad (1971.05.11 – death 1982.07.31)
* Théophile Jean Dahi (1984.08.01 – retired 1994.07.01)
* Basile Moussa Daoud (1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13); previously Eparch (Bishop) of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) ([1977.07.02] 1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01); later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)
* Théophile Georges Kassab (1999.12.18 – death 2013.10.22), also Apostolic Administrator of the patriarchal proper diocese Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20)
* Théophile Philippe Barakat (2016.4.15 – 2020.6.13)[2]
* Julian Yacoub Mourad (2022.01.03[1] – present), consecrated Archbishop 3 March 2023.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "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.

## External links

[edit]

* official website
* GCatholic with incumbent bio links
* Catholic Hierarchy

* v
* t
* e

Syriac Catholic Church

West Syriac Rite

Patriarchs|

* Ignatius Andrew Akijan (1662–1677/1678)
* Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin (1678–1701/1702)
* Isaac Basilios Joubeir (1703–1704) (elected, not ordained)
* Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (1782–1800)
* Ignatius Michael IV Daher (1802–1810)
* Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora (1814–1818)
* Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1820–1851)
* Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1852/1853–1864)
* Ignatius Philip I Arkus (1866–1874)
* Ignatius George V Shelhot (1874–1891)
* Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1893–1897)
* Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (1898–1929)
* Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1929–1968)
* Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (1968–1998)
* Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1998–2001)
* Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (2001–2008)
* Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (2009–present)

Eparchies|

* Eparchy of Beirut
* Archeparchy of Damascus
* Archeparchy of Homs
* Archeparchy of Aleppo
* Archeparchy of Al-Hasakah-Nisibis
* Archeparchy of Mosul
* Archeparchy of Baghdad
* Eparchy of Cairo
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey
* Patriarchal Dependency of Sudan and South Sudan
* Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States
* Apostolic Exarchate of Canada
* Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela

Churches|

* Cathedral of Saint Paul, Damascus
* Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Aleppo
* Mar Assia al-Hakim Church
* Al-Tahera Church, Mosul
* Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, Baghdad
* Church of Saint Thomas, Jerusalem
* St. Joseph Cathedral, Bayonne
* St. Toma Cathedral, Farmington Hills
* Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Maracay

Monasteries|

* Mar Behnam Monastery
* Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian
* Monastery of St. Elian

* Catholic Church portal

34°44′00″N 36°43′00″E﻿ / ﻿34.7333°N 36.7167°E﻿ / 34.7333; 36.7167
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template