The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo (or Halab or Beroea) (informally Aleppo of the Armenians) is a non-Metropolitan

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(

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Archdiocese) of the

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) in part of

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. It is directly dependent on the

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, without being part of his or any other

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archiepiscopal see is the Marian Notre-Dame des Dons Armenian Catholic Cathedral, in

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(Aleppo), Syria.

History

* Established in 1710 as Eparchy of Aleppo (Diocese of Halab / Beroea) * Promoted on 3 February 1899.03 as Archeparchy of Aleppo (Archdiocese).

Episcopal ordinaries

''(incomplete : first centuries unavailable; all

)'' ;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Aleppo'' (unavailable) ;''Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Aleppo'' * Agostino Sayeghian (1902.07.06 – death 1926.10.01) * Giorgio Kortikian (1928.01.31 – death 1933.08.01) * Louis Batanian (1952.12.06 – 1959.04.24); previously Archeparch of

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(1933.08.05 – 1940.08.10),

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of Gabula (1940.08.10 – 1952.12.06); later

of Colonia in Armenia of the Armenians (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04) & Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchate

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(Lebanon) (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04), elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (

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1962.11.15 – death 1976.04.22), President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1969 – 1976.04.22) * Georges Layek (1959.08.26 – death 1983.04.15) * Joseph Basmadjan (1984.07.04 – death 1988.12.11) * Boutros Marayati (1989.08.21 – ...); also

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of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1992 – ...)

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History

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

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