Greek-Melkite Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Aleppo

Syria Syria

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Aleppo (English) / Alep / Halab / Aleppe (français) / Beroea / Aberœen(sis) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin) / Aleppen(sis) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: no suffragan sees

Neighbouring Dioceses: Latakia (↙), Damascus (↘), Homs (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.09.17 – ...):Archbishop Georges Masri (57)Archbishop Georges Masri (57)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Georges Masri (57)Archbishop Georges Masri (57)
(2021.09.17 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Born:1968.05.26 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1999.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:2021.11.27

Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1999.04.24 – 2021.09.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (2021.09.17 – ...)

Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart
(1995.08.02 – 2021.09.17)

Born:1943.03.03 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1968.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1995.09.16
Died:2026.05.09 (Paris, France † 83)

Priest of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1968.04.15 – 1995.08.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1995.08.02 – 2021.09.17)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Greek-Melkites (1999.12.31 – 2026.05.09)

Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A.
(1968.03.06 – 1995.06.10)

Born:1920.11.10 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1944.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1962.02.25
Died:1995.06.10 († 74)

Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Greek-Melkites (1961.12.24 – 1968.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1961.12.05] 1961.12.24 – 1968.03.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1968.03.06 – 1995.06.10)

Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A.
(1961.12.05 – 1968.03.06)

Born:1899.09.06 (İskenderun, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1927.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1938.11.27
Died:1981.02.20 († 81)

Superior General of Basilian Alepian Order (1934 – 1940)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1938.10.01 – 1961.12.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1961.12.05 – 1968.03.06)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites (1968.03.06 – 1981.02.20)

Archbishop Isidore Fattal
(1943.08.13 – 1961.09.04)

Born:1886.10.26 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1912.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1943.08.01
Died:1961.09.04 († 74)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1943.06.20 – 1943.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1943.08.13 – 1961.09.04)

Archbishop Pierre-Macario Saba
(1919.06.25 – 1943.07.28)

Born:1873.02.14 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1898.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:1903.11.29
Died:1943.07.28 (Aleppo, Syria † 70)

Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites (1903.11.29 – 1919.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites (1903.11.29 – 1919.06.25)

Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) (1903.11.29 – 1919.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1919.06.25 – 1943.07.28)

Archbishop Dimitrios Cadi [Qâdî] (later Patriarch)
(1903.10.27 – 1919.04.06)

Born:1861.01.18 (Damas, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1888
Consecrated Bishop:1903.11.29
Died:1925.10.25 (Damascus, Syria † 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1903.10.27 – 1919.04.06)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1919.04.06] 1919.07.03 – 1925.10.25)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites ([1919.04.06] 1919.07.03 – 1925.10.25)

Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites ([1919.04.06] 1919.07.03 – 1925.10.25)

Archbishop Cyrille Géha [Jahâ] (later Patriarch)
(1885.03.03 – 1902.06.28)

Born:1840.11.26 (Aleppo, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1885.05.03
Died:1916.01.12 (Cairo, Egypt † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1885.03.03 – 1902.06.28)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1902.06.28] 1903.06.22 – 1916.01.12)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites ([1902.06.28] 1903.06.22 – 1916.01.12)

Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites ([1902.06.28] 1903.06.22 – 1916.01.12)

Archbishop Paul Hatem
(1863.09.27 – 1885)

Born:1811.01.27 (Aleppo, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1863.09.27
Died:1885 († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1863.09.27 – 1885)

Archbishop Dimitri Antaki
(1844.09.29 – 1863)

Born:1795 (Aleppo, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1844.09.20
Died:1863.07.09 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1844.09.29 – 1863)

Archbishop Grégoire Pierre Chahiat, B.C.
(1831 – 1843)

Consecrated Bishop:1832
Died:1843.08.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1831 – 1843)

Archbishop Ignace Ajjoury
(1826.06.09 – 1831.12.24)

Consecrated Bishop:1816.07.16
Died:1834.08.04

Bishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1816.07 – 1834.08.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1826.06.09 – 1831.12.24)

Archbishop Basilios Haractengi
(1816.06.03 – 1823.05.29)

Consecrated Bishop:1816.10.16
Died:1823.05.29

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1816.06.03 – 1823.05.29)

Archbishop Michel Mazloum [Mazlum] (later Patriarch)
(1810.07.26 – 1816.06.03 not possessed)

Born:1779.11 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1806.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1810.08.06
Died:1855.08.23 (Alexandria, Egypt † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1810.07.26 – 1816.06.03 not possessed)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Greek-Melkites (1810.07.26 – 1816.12.17)

Titular Archbishop of Abydus (1816.12.17 – 1817.04.29)

Titular Archbishop of Myra (1817.04.29 – 1833.03.24)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1833.04.06 – 1855.08.23)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites (1838.02.01 – 1855.08.23)

Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (1838.02.01 – 1855.08.23)

Archbishop Michel Germanos Adam
(1777.07 – 1809.11.10)

Born:1725? (Aleppo, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1774.12.25
Died:1809.11.10 (Zouk Mikael, Lebanon † 83)

Bishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (1774 – 1777.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1777.07 – 1809.11.10)

Archbishops of Aleppo (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Ignace Jarbou’, B.C.
(1761.09 – 1776)

Consecrated Bishop:1761.09
Died:1776.12.01

Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (1756 – 1761.09)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1761.09 – 1776)

Archbishop Maximos Hakim, B.C. (later Patriarch)
(1733.05.23 – 1760.08.01)

Born:1689? (Aleppo, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1732
Died:1761.11.15 (Damascus, Syria † 71)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1733.05.23 – 1760.08.01)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1760.08.01 – 1761.11.15)

Archbishop Gerasimos Samman, B.C.
(1721.12 – 1732)

Consecrated Bishop:1721.12.26
Died:1754

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1721.12 – 1732)

Special Churches

Latakia (↙), Damascus (↘), Homs (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 19,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (15 diocesan, 1 religious), 29 religious (1 brother, 28 sisters), 4 seminarians

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