Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela, Venezuela (Syriac Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Apostolic Exarchate

Name: Venezuela / Caracen(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

2001.06.22: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela / Caracen(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Present Prelates

Apostolic Exarch (2011.03.01 – ...):

Bishop Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (78)

Titular Bishop of Sabrata

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Venezuela (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (78)
(2011.03.01 – ...)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela)
Titular Bishop of Sabrata

Born:	1945.11.18 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1972.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.05.22

Priest of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1972.11.26 – 2011.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Sabrata (2011.03.01 – ...)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela) (2011.03.01 – ...)

Bishop Iwannis Louis Awad
(2003.05.17 – 2011.03.01)

Born:	1934.04.17 (Zaidal, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.09.12
Died:	2020.11.18 (Homs, Syria † 86)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela) (2003.05.17 – 2011.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (2003.05.17 – 2020.11.18)

Fr. Denys Antoine Chahda (77) (later Archbishop)
(2001.06.28 – 2001.09.13)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

Born:	1946.08.19 (Alep, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.12.16

Priest of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1973.07.01 – 2001.09.13)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Syriacs (Venezuela) (2001.06.28 – 2001.09.13)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (2001.09.13 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (2019.07.12 – 2019.10.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral siria Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, Maracay, Aragua

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 9,100 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes