Saint Joseph Cathedral (Aleppo)

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Saint Joseph Cathedral, 2011

The Saint Joseph Cathedral ( Arabic كاتدرائية القديس يوسف, DMG Kātidrāʾīyat al-Qiddīs Yūsuf ) is the cathedral of the Chaldean Catholic Church in the Syrian city ​​of Aleppo . It is located in the Sulaymaniyah district.

history

The Saint Joseph Cathedral was built in the middle of the 20th century. The Chaldean eparchy of Aleppo , which includes the whole of Syria, was established by a bull of Pope Pius XII. Established in 1957, the newly built Saint Joseph Church in the Sulaymaniyah district became a Chaldean cathedral .

Acting Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo has been Antoine Audo (* 1946) since January 18, 1992 , who was ordained episcopal on October 11, 1992 by the Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon Raphael I. Bidawid .

In 2011 the Aleppo Eparchy comprised 14 parishes with 30,000 Chaldean Christians.

Web links

Commons : Saint Joseph Cathedral  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hidemi Takahashi: Aleppo. In: Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay (Eds.): Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, Electronic Edition (e-GEDSH). The Syriac Institute, Beth Mardutho 2011.
  2. ↑ St. Joseph's Cathedral, Alep, Syria. Gcatholic.org, January 20, 2020,
  3. ^ Bishop Antoine Audo, SJ Catholic Hierachy, accessed April 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Rodolfo Casadei: Meeting. L'appello al mondo di un popolo diva «miserabile». Intervista al vescovo caldeo di Aleppo. Tempi, August 17, 2015.

Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ 54 ″  N , 37 ° 9 ′ 12.6 ″  E