The archeparchy includes the city of Damascus, where is located the Maronite Cathedral. The territory is divided into eight parishes and has 20,300[citation needed] Maronite Catholics.
History
There are a series of Maronite Catholic bishops since 1527, however the archeparchy was canonically erected in the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736.
Bishops and archbishops
Antun (1523 - 1529)
Gergis al-Ihdini (1529 - 1562)
Gergis Sulayman al-Qubursi (1561 - 1577)
Gergis al-Basluqiti (1577 - 1580)
Yusuf Musa al-Rizzi (1595 - 1597) appointed patriarch of Antioch
Sarkis II al-Rizzi (1608-1638)
Yusuf Umaymah al-Karmsaddani (1644 - 1653)
Yaqub al-Rami (1653 - 1658)
Sarkis al-Jamri al-Ihidni (1658 - 1668)
Michael al-Ghaziri (? - 1697)
Simon Awad (Simone Evodius) (27 January 1716 - 16 March 1743 appointed patriarch of Antioch)
Michael al-Sayigh (1746 - 1755)
Arsenio Abdul-Ahad (mentioned in August 1774)
Joseph Tyan (6 August 1786 consecrated - 1788 appointed Patriarchal Vicar)
Germanos al-Khazen (Germano Gazeno) (1794 - 1806)
Estephan I al-Khazen (2 April 1806 - 31 December 1830)