Syriac Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Antiochian Rite

Type: Patriarchal

Canonical Territory: Near East

Population: 266,000

Official Languages: Syriac, Aramaic

Patriarchal See: Antioch (Lebanon)

Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Saints: 2 Saints, 1 Blessed

Jurisdictions (17): Patriarchates (1), Metr. Archdioceses (2), Archdioceses (4), Dioceses Diocese (4), Apostolic Exarchates (2), Patriarchal Exarchates (3), Patriarchal Territories Patriarchal Territory (1)

by Type | Titular Sees | Changes in Jurisdictions

Patriarch ([2009.01.20] 2009.01.22 – ...):	Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (81) President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
Bishop of Curia (2018.02.19 – ...):	Bishop Charles Georges Mrad (56) Titular Bishop of Zorava
Bishop of Curia (2022.05.12 – ...):	Bishop Jules Boutros (43) Titular Bishop of Amida of the Syriacs
Procurator at Rome (2020.03.27 – ...):	Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan (46) Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs
Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe (2017.06.21 – ...):	Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan (46) Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs
Apostolic Visitator in Australia (2017.06.21 – ...):	Archbishop Georges Basilios Casmoussa (87) Archbishop emeritus of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Patriarch (1): Younan

Archbishops (10)

Living Prelates | Appointments | Officials

Last updated on 2026.03.13

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