Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela

The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela is a Syriac Catholic Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela. It is exempt directly to the Holy See (specifically the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches) and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Syriac) Exarchatus Apostolicus pro fidelibus ritus Antiocheni Syrorum in Venetiola
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Population	(as of 2009) 5,000 Syriac Catholics
Parishes	11
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syriac Catholic Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	22 June 2001 (24 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Exarch	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni

Its cathedral is the Catedral Católica Siria de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (dedicated to the Assumption of Mary), in the episcopal see of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela.

History

Pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela for Syriac Catholics on 22 June 2001.^[1][2]

Ordinaries

• Denys Antoine Chahda (28 June 2001 – 13 September 2001), later Archeparch (Archbishop) of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (2001.09.13 – ...)
• Iwannis Louis Awad (17 May 2003 – retired 1 March 2011), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (2003.05.17 – ...)
• Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (1 March 2011 – ...), Titular Bishop of Sabrata (2011.03.01 – ...)

See also

• Catholic Church in Venezuela