The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (informally Homs of the Syriacs) is a nominally

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(

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archdiocese) of the

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'' (

Antiochian Rite The Antiochene or Antiochian Rite refers to the family of liturgies originally used by the patriarch of Antioch. It includes the Liturgy of St James in Greek and Syriac, as well as other West Syriac Anaphoras. Liturgy of the Apostolic Consti ...

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) in

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. It has no

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s. The seat of the archeparchy is the Holy Ghost Cathedral in

Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...

, Syria. Since March 2023, it is headed by

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Julian Yacoub Mourad (born Jacques Mourad).

History

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

Emesa Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is also the central link b ...

). It later gained the merged-in titles of the suppressed eparchies of Hama of the Syriacs and Nabk of the Syriacs.This latter merger occurred some time after the death of its eparch Mar Matthew Nakkar in 1868.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs (Emesa) * (all unavailable) ;Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Homs-Hama-Nabk * ... * 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

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Constantina Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called ''Constantia'' and ''Constantiana''; ; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great and his second wife Faust ...

(1947.12.14 – 1951.02.24), later as Titular Archbishop of

Nacolia Nakoleia () also known as Nakolaion (Νακώλαιον), Latinized as Nacolia or Nacolea, was an ancient and medieval city in Phrygia. It corresponds to present-day Seyitgazi, Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Hist ...

(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) ( 977.07.021977.07.22 – 1994.07.01); later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ( 998.10.131998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of

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(2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of

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(2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07),

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(2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07) * Théophile Georges Kassab (1999.12.18 – death 2013.10.22), also

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of the patriarchal proper diocese Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20) *

Théophile Philippe Barakat Théophile Phillippe Barakat (1 July 1952 – 13 June 2020) was a Syriac Catholic archeparch. Barakat was born in Syria and was ordained to the priesthood in 1976. He was the Syriac Catholic archeparch of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hom ...

(2016.4.15 – 2020.6.13) * Julian Yacoub Mourad (2022.01.03 – present), consecrated Archbishop 3 March 2023.

References

External links

official website

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