Catholic Church in Syria
The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are 368,000 Catholics in Syria, approximately 2% of the total population. The Catholics of Syria are members of several different Rite/language-specific Churches, including Armenian, Chaldean, Syriac, Maronite and Melkite in addition to the Latin Church, and there are separate but overlapping jurisdictions for the faithful of each Church.
All these bishops are members of the 'national' Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria and of the regional Episcopal Conference for Arab countries. The Eastern Catholic bishops also belong to the synod of their patriarchate or other specific church.
Dioceses and Archdioceses GCatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/SY-name.htm Catholic Dioceses in SyriaCatholic-Hierarchy: http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dsy2.html Current Dioceses in Syria
;Eastern Catholic particular Churches- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
- Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
- Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran
- Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
- Metropolitan Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs
- Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia
- Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
- Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
- Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia
- Metropolitan Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
- Metropolitan Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Homs
- Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
- Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi
- Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo
- Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Kamichlié
- Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus
- Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo
- Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo
Cathedrals GCatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/cathSY.htm Cathedrals in Syria
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Dormition
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Latakia
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
- Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
- Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
- Cathedral Our Lady of Reliefs
- Church of the Queen of the Universe
- Greek-Melkite Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace
- Greek-Melkite Cathedral of the Virgin Mary
- Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady
- Maronite Cathedral
- St. Elias Maronite Cathedral
- St. Joseph’s Cathedral
- Syrian Cathedral
Syrian popes
Numerical order | Pontificate | Portrait | Name English · Regnal | Personal name | Place of birth | Notes |
1 | 33 – 64/67 | St Peter PETRUS | Simon Peter | Bethsaida, Galilea, Roman Empire | Saint Peter was from village of Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire | |
11 | 155 to 166 | St Anicetus ANICETUS | Anicitus | Emesa, Syria | Traditionally martyred; feast day 17 April | |
82 | 12 July 685 – 2 August 686 | John V Papa IOANNES Quintus | Antioch, Syria | |||
84 | 15 December 687 – 8 September 701 | St Sergius I Papa Sergius | Sicily, Italy | Sergius I was born in Sicily, but he was from Syrian parentage | ||
87 | 15 January 708 to 4 February 708 | Sisinnius Papa SISINNIUS | Syria | |||
88 | 25 March 708 – 9 April 715 | Constantine Papa COSTANTINUS sive CONSTANTINUS | Syria | Last pope to visit Greece while in office, until John Paul II in 2001 | ||
90 | 18 March 731 to 28 November 741 | St Gregory III Papa GREGORIUS Tertius | Syria | Third pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor. |