Syriac Titular Episcopal See of

Hierapolis in Syria

Syria

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Hierapolis in Syria (latine) / Gerapoli di Siria (Italiano) / Hierapolitan(us) in Syria Syrorum (Latin)

Location: Mambig, pr. Siria Eufratense I, Syria

History

Established as Titular Episcopal See of Hierapolis (latine) / Gerapoli (Italiano)
1926: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hierapolis (latine) / Gerapoli di Siria (Italiano)
1933: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Hierapolis in Syria (latine) / Gerapoli di Siria (Italiano) / Hierapolitan(us) in Syria Syrorum (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2020.03.28 – ...):

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (45)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Clément Georges Schelhoth (1978.09.04 – 1991.10.04)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer (later Archbishop) (1971.05.10 – 1978.09.04)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Athanase Ignace Nuri (1908 – 1946.11.09)
Titular Archbishop: Patriarch Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. (1555.01.23 – 1577.06.29)

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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