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
;'''Latin : Roman Rite
Seven popes from Syria ascended the papal throne, many of them lived in Italy, Pope Gregory III, was previously the last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013.
Numerical orderPontificatePortraitName
English · Regnal
Personal namePlace of birthNotes
133 – 64/67St Peter
PETRUS
Simon Peter
Bethsaida, Galilea, Roman EmpireSaint Peter was from village of Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
11155 to 166St Anicetus
ANICETUS
AnicitusEmesa, SyriaTraditionally martyred; feast day 17 April
8212 July 685
– 2 August 686
John V
Papa IOANNES Quintus
Antioch, Syria
8415 December 687
– 8 September 701
St Sergius I
Papa Sergius
Sicily, ItalySergius I was born in Sicily, but he was from Syrian parentage
8715 January 708
to 4 February 708
Sisinnius
Papa SISINNIUS
Syria
8825 March 708
– 9 April 715
Constantine
Papa COSTANTINUS sive CONSTANTINUS
SyriaLast pope to visit Greece while in office, until John Paul II in 2001
9018 March 731
to 28 November 741
St Gregory III
Papa GREGORIUS Tertius
SyriaThird pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor.