Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo (or Halab or Beroea) (informally Aleppo if the Armenians) is a non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in part of Syria.

It is directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, without being part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Marian Notre-Dame des Dons Armenian Catholic Cathedral, in Halab (Aleppo), Syria.

History

Established in 1710 as Eparchy of Aleppo (Diocese of Halab / Beroea)
Promoted on 3 February 1899.03 as Archeparchy of Aleppo (Archdiocese).

Episcopal Ordinaries

(incomplete : first centuries unavailable ; all Armenian Rite)

Eparchs (Bishops) of Aleppo

(unavailable)

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Aleppo

Agostino Sayeghian (1902.07.06 – death 1926.10.01)
Giorgio Kortikian (1928.01.31 – death 1933.08.01)
Louis Batanian (1952.12.06 – 1959.04.24); previously Archeparch of Mardin of the Armenians (1933.08.05 – 1940.08.10), Titular Archbishop of Gabula (1940.08.10 – 1952.12.06); later Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia of the Armenians (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04) & Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchate Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04), elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([1962.09.04] 1962.11.15 – death 1976.04.22), President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1969 – 1976.04.22)
Georges Layek (1959.08.26 – death 1983.04.15)
Joseph Basmadjan (1984.07.04 – death 1988.12.11)
Boutros Marayati (1989.08.21 – ...); also Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1992 – ...)

Source and External links

GCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links

Armenian Catholic Church Hierarchy

Patriarchate	Cilicia (at Beirut, Lebanon)

Metropolitan Archeparchies (Archdioceses)	Beirut (Lebanon, Patriarch's proper)

Non-metropolitan Archeparchies (Archdiocese)	Aleppo (Syria) Baghdad (Iraq) Constantinople (Istanbul) (Turkey) Lviv (Ukraine)

Eparchies (Dioceses)	Alexandria (Egypt, at Cairo) Isfahan (Iran) Kameshli (Syria) Our Lady of Nareg in U.S. Sainte-Croix-de-Paris San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Apostolic Exarchates	Latin America and Mexico

Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	East Europe Greece Romania

Patriarchal Exarchates	Damascus (Syria) Jerusalem and Amman (Holy Land & Jordan)

Titular sees	Metropolitan Archeparchies : Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope / Non-metropolitan Archeparchies : Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, Nisibis of the Armenians, Sebaste, Tarsus / Eparchies : Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus

Coordinates: 36°12′27″N 37°09′18″E / 36.2075°N 37.1550°E / 36.2075; 37.1550

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