Archdiocese of Hassaké–Nisibi, Syria (Syriac Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Hassaké–Nisibi (français) / Al-Hasakah–Nisibi (English) / Hassaken(sis) et Nisiben(us) Syrorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1957.07.15: Established as Diocese of Hassaké (français) / Al-Hasakah (English) / Spinen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1964.12.03: Promoted as Archdiocese of Hassaké–Nisibi (français) / Al-Hasakah–Nisibi (English) / Hassaken(sis) et Nisiben(us) Syrorum (Latin)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2022.05.12 – ...):

Archbishop Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami (65)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Hassaké–Nisibi (Syriac Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami (65)
(2022.05.12 – ...)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

Born:	1959.08.15 (Zahlé, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1987.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.06.18

Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1987.06.21 – 2022.05.12)

Patriarchal Administrator of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (2019.10.31 – 2022.05.12)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (2022.05.12 – ...)

Fr. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami (65) (later Archbishop)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2019.10.31 – 2022.05.12)

Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.07.12 – 2019.10.31)

Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo
(1996.06.29 – 2019.07.12)

Born:	1941.08.08 (Azekh, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1969.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.18
Died:	2021.06.06 (Paris, France † 79)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1996.06.29 – 2019.07.12)

Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri
(1982.03.18 – 1996.06.28)

Born:	1916.08.20 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1940.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.08.13
Died:	2011.05.04 († 94)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1982.03.18 – 1996.06.28)

Archbishop Jacques Michel Djarwé
(1967.07.18 – 1981.09.08)

Born:	1914.05.21 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1938.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.20
Died:	1981.09.08 († 67)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1967.07.18 – 1981.09.08)

Archbishop Jean Karroum
(1964.12.03 – 1967.03.22)

Born:	1910.11.14 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1934.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.03.19
Died:	1967.03.22 († 56)

Bishop of Hassaké of the Syriacs (Syria) (1959.02.21 – 1964.12.03)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1964.12.03 – 1967.03.22)

Bishops of Hassaké (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Jean Karroum (later Archbishop)
(1959.02.21 – 1964.12.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Al Hasakah

Homs (↙), Aleppo (←), Turkiye (↑), Mossul (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 1,500 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes

Personnel: 1 priest (diocesan), 3 seminarians

Syriac Archdiocese of

Hassaké–Nisibi

Syria

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)