Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Damascus

Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus

Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus

Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Syria


The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in part of Syria.

It depends directly on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, without belonging to his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its see is the Marian Church of the Queen of the Universe, in the Syrian national capital Damascus.

History

Established on 6 November 1984 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus (Arabic Aš-Šām).[1]

Ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Patriarchal Exarchs of Damascus

See also


References

  1. "Damas (Armenian Patriarchal Exarchate) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

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