Titular diocese of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri

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The Archdiocese of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri ( Italian : Arcidiocesi di Gerapoli di Siria dei Siri , Latin Archidioecesis Hierapolitana in Syria Syrorum ) is a titular archbishopric that is awarded by the Pope to titular archbishops from the Syrian Catholic Church united with Rome .

It goes back to a lost bishop's seat in the ancient city of Hierapolis Bambyke , which was in the Roman province of Syria Coele or in late antiquity Syria Euphratensis .

Titular Archbishops of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri
No. Surname Office from to
1 Athanase Ignace Nuri Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad ( Iran ) 1908 November 9, 1946
2 Eustathe Joseph Mounayer Auxiliary Bishop in Antioch ( Lebanon ) May 10, 1971 4th September 1978
3 Clément Georges Schelhoth Archbishop Emeritus of Damascus ( Syria ) 4th September 1978 4th October 1991
4th Camil Afram Antoine Semaan Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem ( Israel and Jordan ) March 28, 2020

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