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Mission sui iuris of Syria and Cilicia

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The Mission sui iuris (for a while Apostolic Prefecture) of Syria and Cilicia was a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction in neighboring regions of Syria, Iraq and initially Turkey.

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History

  • Established in 1628 as Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia, on Ottoman territories in the Ancient regions of (As)Syria and Cilicia, without formal predecessor jurisdiction.
  • Promoted in 1817 as Apostolic Prefecture of Syria and Cilicia.
  • Lost on 1842.08.30 its territory in present Turkey to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mardin.
  • Demoted in 1896, back to Independent Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia.
  • Suppressed in 1953, without formal successor jurisdiction.

    • Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite and Western Latin missionaries)

    Ecclesiastical Superiors of Syria and Cilicia
    first incumbents unavailable
    Apostolic Prefects of Syria and Cilicia
  • Father Angelico da Loreto (1817 – 1829)
  • Francesco da Ploaghe (1829 – 1834)
  • Modesto da Onano (1834 – 1841)
  • Giuseppe da Genova (1841 – 1844)
  • Emanuele della Croce (1883 – 1896)
    • Ecclesiastical Superiors of Syria and Cilicia
  • Marcellino da Vallarsa (1896 – 1902)
  • Girolamo da Lione, Capuchin Friars Minor (O.F.M. Cap.) (1903.03.07 – death 1946)

    • References

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