Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo
Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Syria |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Members | 13,000 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 27 June 1762 |
| Cathedral | Child Jesus |
| Secular priests | 36 |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Hanna Jallouf |
| Apostolic Administrator | Raimondo Girgis |
| Bishops emeritus | Georges Abou Khazen |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Aleppensis) is an apostolic vicariate (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Latin Church, entitled to a titular bishop) and is immediately subject to the Holy See and its missionary Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The vicariate has jurisdiction over Catholics of the Latin Rite throughout Syria.
The seat of the vicariate is the city of Aleppo (Halab in Arabic), Syria's greatest city before the civil war, where the Cathedral of the Child Jesus was opened by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on 15 January 2011. Its (former?) episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Aleppo.
Together with the Eastern Catholic hierarchs of five rite-specific Catholic churches (Melkite, Syriac, Maronite, Chaldean and Armenian) the Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo is part of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria (A.H.C.S.). The Apostolic Vicar is also a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.