Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Patriarchatus Antiochenus Syrorum

Bishop(s)

Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan, Patriarch
Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros, Curial Bishop
Matthias Charles Georges Mrad, Curial Bishop
Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni, Curial Bishop Emeritus
Flavien Joseph Melki, Curial Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian) (Patriarchal Exarchate)
Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian)
Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian) (Patriarchal Exarchate)
Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) (Patriarchal Dependent Territory)
Turkey (Syrian) (Patriarchal Exarchate)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Patriarchate
Patriarchal See
Syrian Catholic Church of the Antiochian Tradition
Country: Lebanon
Official Web Site: http://www.syr-cath.org/
Mailing Address: Patriarcat Syrien Catholique, Rue de Damas, B.P. 116-5087, 1106-2010 Beyrouth, Liban
Telephone: (01)872.399
Fax: 616.573

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ignace † ( 1529 Elected - )
Ignace André Akhidjan † (23 Apr 1663 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1677 Died)
Ignace Grégoire Pierre VI Shahbaddin † (2 Apr 1678 Elected - 4 Mar 1702 Died)
Ignace Michel III Djarwé (Jarweh) † (15 Dec 1783 Appointed - 4 Sep 1800 Died)
Ignace Michel Zahir (Daher) † (16 May 1802 Ordained Bishop - Sep 1810 Resigned)
Ignace Siméon Zora † (8 Mar 1816 Confirmed - 1 Jun 1818 Resigned)
Ignace Pierre Jarweh (Jaroue, Djarwé) † (28 Jan 1828 Confirmed - 16 Oct 1851 Died)
Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (30 Nov 1853 Appointed - 16 Jun 1864 Died)
Ignazio Filippo Harcus † (6 Aug 1866 Confirmed - 7 Mar 1874 Died)
Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (21 Dec 1874 Appointed - 8 Dec 1891 Died)
Cirillo Benham Benni † (18 May 1894 Appointed - 13 Sep 1897 Died)
Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (28 Nov 1898 Confirmed - 7 May 1929 Died)
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni † (15 Jul 1929 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1968 Died)
Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (20 Mar 1968 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1998 Retired)
Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † (20 Oct 1998 Confirmed - 8 Jan 2001 Resigned)
Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad † (20 Feb 2001 Confirmed - 2 Feb 2008 Retired)
Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan (22 Jan 2009 Confirmed - )

Historical Summary

information not available at this time

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 18,059 53 53 340 24 ap1951

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah (Curial Bishop: 1 Mar 2011 to 22 Jun 2019)
Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni (Priest: 17 Oct 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1983 to 1 Jun 1991; Curial Bishop: 16 Sep 2000 to 1 Mar 2011)
Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros (Curial Bishop: 12 May 2022)
Basile Georges Casmoussa (Curial Bishop: 1 Mar 2011)
Flavien Joseph Melki (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jun 1995; Curial Bishop: 1997 to 1 Mar 2011)
Grégoire Pierre Melki (Priest: 8 Aug 1965 to 25 Feb 2002)
Matthias Charles Georges Mrad (Curial Bishop: 19 Feb 2018)
Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan (Patriarch: 22 Jan 2009 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad † (Patriarch: 20 Feb 2001 to 2 Feb 2008)
Ignace André Akhidjan † (Patriarch: 23 Apr 1663 to 24 Jul 1677)
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Aug 1986 to 3 Dec 2012)
Raboula Youssef Bakhache † (Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 15 Oct 1944 to 1949)
Cirillo Benham Benni † (Patriarch: 18 May 1894 to 13 Sep 1897)
Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (Patriarch: 21 Dec 1874 to 8 Dec 1891)
Paul Coussa † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Aug 1969 to 27 Jun 1983)
Paul Daniel Cyrille † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1893 to 12 Nov 1916)
Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † (Patriarch: 20 Oct 1998 to 8 Jan 2001)
Ignace Michel III Djarwé (Jarweh) † (Patriarch: 15 Dec 1783 to 4 Sep 1800)
Jean Elliot Bet Etme † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1864 - )
Ignazio Filippo Harcus † (Patriarch: 6 Aug 1866 to 7 Mar 1874)
Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (Patriarch: 20 Mar 1968 to 23 Jul 1998)
Hanna Hebbé † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1933 to 2 Nov 1957)
Athanase Paul Hindo † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jan 1949 to 5 Aug 1949)
Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jan 1949 to 15 Oct 1993)
Ignace Pierre Jarweh (Jaroue, Djarwé) † (Patriarch: 28 Jan 1828 to 16 Oct 1851)
Athanase Jules Benham Kalian † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Nov 1921 to 6 Aug 1929)
Clément Ignace Mansourati † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 1963 to 11 Aug 1982)
Flavien Zacharie Melki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 1963 to 20 Nov 1989)
Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1971 to 4 Sep 1978; Curial Bishop: 15 May 2001 to 2006)
Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (Patriarch: 28 Nov 1898 to 7 May 1929)
Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (Patriarch: 30 Nov 1853 to 16 Jun 1864)
Ignace Grégoire Pierre VI Shahbaddin † (Patriarch: 2 Apr 1678 to 4 Mar 1702)
Gregorios Elias Tabé † (Curial Bishop: 1997 to 8 May 1999)
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni † (Patriarch: 15 Jul 1929 to 29 Jan 1968)
Ignace Michel Zahir (Daher) † (Patriarch: 16 May 1802 to Sep 1810)
Ignace Siméon Zora † (Patriarch: 8 Mar 1816 to 1 Jun 1818)
Ignace † (Patriarch: 1529)

Source(s)

Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 80
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 109
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 59

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