Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey
The Syrian (or Syriac) Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey (informally Turkey of the Syrians) is an Eastern Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of Syrian Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) covering Turkey.
It is directly dependent on the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of his or any ecclesiastical province.
History
It was established in 1991 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey on territory previously without proper Ordinary for the particular church, which prebiously administered it as a Patriarchal vicariate, whose incumbent was promoted as first Exarch.
Ordinaries
(all Syrian Rite)
- Patriarchal Exarchs of Turkey
- Monsignor Yusuf Sağ (1991 – ...), previously last Patriarchal Vicar of Turkey of the Syrians (1985 – 1991)
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