Aleppo Eparchy
| Aleppo Eparchy | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Syria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Antoine Audo SJ |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 185,180 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 20,102,361 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 15,000 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,154 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 3 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| cathedral | Saint Joseph Cathedral (Aleppo) |
| address | Eveche Chaldeen Catholique, 1 Rue Patriarche Elias IV Mouawwad, Soulemaniye, BP 4643, Alep, Syrie |
The Eparchy of Aleppo ( Latin Eparchia Aleppensis Chaldaeorum ) is in Syria located eparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church , based in Aleppo , located in the St. Joseph Cathedral .
history
Pope Pius XII founded on July 3, 1957 the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quasi Pastor from cession of territory of the dissolved Gazireh eparchy .
Scope and current situation
In 2011, the Aleppo Eparchy, which is responsible for the Chaldeans in all of Syria, comprised 14 parishes with 30,000 Chaldean Christians. According to Bishop Antoine Audo, these or their ancestors had finally experienced a positive coexistence with Muslims in Syria after terrible persecution in the Ottoman Empire, but the civil war now seems to repeat itself for many.
Bishops of Aleppo
- Paul Cheikho (June 28, 1957 - December 13, 1958, Patriarch of Babylon )
- Stéphane Bello OAOC (October 23, 1959 - November 26, 1989)
- Antoine Audo SJ (since January 18, 1992)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Aleppo of the Chaldeans on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Chaldean Diocese of Aleppe on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rodolfo Casadei: Meeting. L'appello al mondo di un popolo diva «miserabile». Intervista al vescovo caldeo di Aleppo. Tempi, August 17, 2015.