Archdiocese of Damascus, Syria (Maronite Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Damascus (English) / Damas (français) / Damasco (Italiano) / Dimašq / Aš-Šām / Damascen(us) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1527: Established as Archdiocese of Damascus (English) / Damas (français) / Damasco (Italiano) / Dimašq / Aš-Šām / Damascen(us) Maronitarum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Archbishop ([2006.06.10] 2006.10.14 – ...):

Archbishop Samir Nassar (74)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Damascus (Maronite Rite)

Archbishop Samir Nassar (74)
(2006.10.14 – ...)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

Born:	1950.07.05 (Nebay, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.26

Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1980.08.17 – 2006.10.14)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) ([2006.06.10] 2006.10.14 – ...)

Archbishop Raymond Eid
(1999.06.05 – 2006.06)

Born:	1930.08.06 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.11.20
Died:	2012.06.11 († 81)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1999.06.05 – 2006.06)

Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany
(1989.06.05 – 1999.03.10)

Born:	1930.01.24 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.16
Died:	2012.04.16 († 82)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1989.06.05 – 1999.03.10)

Archbishop Jean El-Hage
(1928.06.09 – 1955.11.30)

Born:	1885.01.10
Ordained Priest:	1910.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.04.29
Died:	1955.11.30 († 70)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) ([1928.04.26] 1928.06.09 – 1955.11.30)

Archbishop Bisciarah Riccardo Chémali
(1920.05.09 – 1927)

Born:	1877.03.15 (Lebanon)
Died:	1927 († 50)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1920.05.09 – 1927)

Archbishop Paolo Massad
(1892.06.12 – 1919.03)

Born:	1859.01.06 (Syria)
Died:	1919.03 († 60)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1892.06.12 – 1919.03)

Archbishop Youssef El Khazen (later Patriarch)
(1830 – 1845.08.18)

Born:	1791 (Lebanon)
Consecrated Bishop:	1830.04.06
Died:	1854.11.03 († 62)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1830 – 1845.08.18)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1845.08.18] 1846.01.19 – 1854.11.03)

Archbishop Youssef Tyen (later Patriarch)
(1786 – 1796.04.28)

Born:	1760.03.15 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1784
Consecrated Bishop:	1786.08.06
Died:	1820.02.20 († 59)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1786 – 1796.04.28)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1796.04.28] 1797.07.24 – 1808.11.19)

Archbishop Semaan Awwad (later Patriarch)
(1716 – 1743.03.16)

Born:	1683 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1708.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1716.01.27
Died:	1756.02.12 († 72)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1716 – 1743.03.16)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1743.03.16 – 1756.02.12)

Maronite Archdiocese of

Damascus

Syria

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)