Titular Archdiocese of Damascus

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Damascus ( Italian : Damasco ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese in the late ancient Roman province of Phoenice in today's Syria.

Damascus is now the capital of the independent state of Syria .

Titular Archbishops of Damascus
No. Surname Office from to
1 Decio Carafa Cardinal priest May 17, 1606 May 7, 1613
2 Francesco Sacrati Cardinal priest November 5, 1612 May 23, 1622
3 Antonio Sotomayor OP July 16, 1632 September 3, 1648
4th Bernardino Rocci Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris ( France ) April 9, 1668 July 15, 1675
5 Orazio Mattei June 17, 1675 September 30, 1686
6th Sebastiano Antonio Tanara Apostolic Nuncio in Germany , Austria April 28, 1687 May 21, 1696
7th Daniello Marco Delfino January 2, 1696 September 15, 1698
8th Antonio Felice Zondadari December 5, 1701 September 23, 1715
9 Vincenzo Petra October 5, 1712 December 20, 1724
10 Francesco Antonio Finy Bishop emeritus of Avellino-Frigento ( Italy ) December 20, 1724 May 8, 1728
11 Giuseppe Maria Feroni May 10, 1728 December 10, 1753
12 Giovanni Carlo Molinari Apostolic Nuncio in Brussels January 14, 1754 March 31, 1763
13 Filippo Maria Pirelli February 4, 1765 December 1, 1766
14th Bernardino Giraud Apostolic Nuncio in France April 16, 1767 May 15, 1773
15th Marcantonio Conti Bishop emeritus of Pesaro (Italy) April 3, 1775 January 25, 1780
16 François de Pierre de Bernis Coadjutor Archbishop of Albi (France) September 20, 1784 November 2, 1794
17th Emidio Ziucci December 16, 1796 April 20, 1802
18th Pietro Francesco Galeffi Cardinal priest August 31, 1819 May 29, 1820
19th Giuseppe della Porta April 19, 1822 May 16, 1823
20th Camillo Giovanni Rossi Bishop emeritus of San Severo (Italy) April 9, 1827 July 16, 1837
21st Domenico Lucciardi Curia Archbishop December 21, 1846 April 10, 1851
22nd Luigi Clementi Apostolic Delegate in Central America, Mexico August 26, 1851 December 21, 1863
23 Pier Francesco Meglia Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Germany, France September 22, 1864 September 19, 1879
24 Prosper Auguste Dusserre Coadjutor Archbishop of Algiers
Apostolic Administrator of Constantine ( Algeria ) 		February 13, 1880 November 26, 1892
25th Serafino Cretoni Apostolic Nuncio in Spain January 16, 1893 June 22, 1896
26th John Joseph Keane Bishop Emeritus of Richmond ( USA ) January 29, 1897 July 24, 1900
27 Angelo Giacinto Scapardini OP Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia , Brazil September 23, 1910 August 27, 1921
28 Carlo Sica Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) November 21, 1921 1939
29 Giuseppe Beltrami Apostolic Nuncio in Guatemala , Ecuador Colombia , Lebanon , Netherlands February 20, 1940 June 26, 1967

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