Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

The Syriac Catholic (or Syrian Catholic) Archeparchy of Aleppo (or of Halab or of Beroa) (informally Aleppo of the Syrians) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) in part of Syria.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Halab (Aleppo), Syria.

History

Established on 28 January 1659 as Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Aleppo, on Syrian territory previously without Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Antiochian Rite)

(incomplete : first centuries unavailbale)

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Aleppo

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