Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Homs

The Syrian (or Syriac) Catholic Archeparchy of Homs(-Hama-Nabk) is a nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syrian Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language), without suffragans, in part of Syria.

It has its cathedral archiepiscopal see, a Holy Ghost cathedral, in Homs, Syria and is vacant since 2013.

History

Established in 1678 as (nominally) Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs (or Emesa)

In 1800? it gained the merged-in titles of the suppressed eparchies of Hama of the Syrians and Nabk of the Syrians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(first centuries unavailable)

(all Syrian Rite)


Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs (Emesa)
Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs-Hama-Nabk

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Coordinates: 34°44′00″N 36°43′00″E / 34.7333°N 36.7167°E / 34.7333; 36.7167

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