Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo
The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo (also Halab in Arabic, or Beroa as in Antiquity) is the only eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (which uses the Syro-Oriental Rite, in Syriac or Aramaic languages) in Syria.
It is directly subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (actually in Baghdad, Iraq), not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Joseph's Cathedral, in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria.
History
Established in 1901 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Syria, on territory not previously covered by its church.
Renamed after its see on 3 July 1957 as Diocese of Aleppo, having gained territory from the suppressed Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Gazireh.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Chaldean Rite)
- Exempt Eparch (Bishop) of Syria
- (vacant ? unavailable ?)
- Exempt Eparchs (Bishops) of Aleppo
- Apostolic Administrator Gabriel Naamo (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27), Titular Bishop of Batnæ (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.28), also Apostolic Administrator of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkey) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27); later Eparch (Bishop) of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1957.06.28 – 1964.02.12)
- Bishop Paul Cheikho (1957.06.28 – 1958.12.13), previously Eparch of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1947.02.22 – 1957.06.28); later Eparch of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1958.12.13 – 1960), then Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1958.12.13] 1959.03.12 – death 1989.04.13), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1969 – 1989.04.13) and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1976 – 1989.04.13)
- Stéphane Bello (1959.10.23 – death 1989.11.26)
- Antoine Audo, Jesuits (S.J.) (1992.01.18 – ...)
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Coordinates: 36°11′00″N 37°09′00″E / 36.1833°N 37.1500°E
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