Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs

The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs(-Hama-Nabk) is a nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language), without suffragans, in part of Syria.

It has its cathedral archiepiscopal see, a Holy Ghost cathedral, in Homs, Syria and is vacant since 2020.

History

Established in 1678 as (nominally) Metropolitan Archdiocese of Homs (or Emesa)

In 1800? it gained the merged-in titles of the suppressed eparchies of Hama of the Syriacs and Nabk of the Syriacs.

Episcopal ordinaries

(first centuries unavailable) (all West Syriac Rite)


Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs (Emesa)
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Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs-Hama-Nabk
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  • Gabriel Homsi (1816 – death 1858)
  • Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin (1872.05.18 – death 1913)
  • Joseph Rabbani (1927.04.29 – retired 1947.12.14), emeritates first as Titular Archbishop of Constantina (1947.12.14 – 1951.02.24), later as Titular Archbishop of Nacolia (1951.02.24 – 1973.05.02)
  • Joseph Jacob Abiad (1971.05.11 – death 1982.07.31)
  • Théophile Jean Dahi (1984.08.01 – retired 1994.07.01)
  • Basile Moussa Daoud (1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13); previously Eparch (Bishop) of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) ([1977.07.02] 1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01); later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)
  • Théophile Georges Kassab (1999.12.18 – death 2013.10.22), also Apostolic Administrator of the patriarchal proper diocese Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20)
  • Théophile Philippe Barakat (2016.4.15 – death 2020.6.13)
  • vacancy (2020 - ...)

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