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The first official Armenian Catholic Prelate of the Armenians of Aleppo was the Bishop Abraham Ardzivian (1710 - 1740) who was born in Aintab on 12-04-1674. In 1710, he was consecrated Bishop and was ordained Prelate of Aleppo by the Patriarch Ghougas of Sis in the Forty Martyrs church of Aleppo. In 1740, he was elected successor of the Patriarch Ghougas and in 1742 he was appointed Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia by Benedict XV. He died on 01-10-1749 and was interred in St. Savor church of Kreim in Lebanon.
The second Prelate was the Monk Hagop Yousoufian (1740 -1753) who was born in Aleppo in 1689. On June 5, 1720, he was ordained priest by the Bishop Abraham. In 1740, he was consecrated assistant Bishop by the same person. He became the chief of the Eparchy from 1742 till 1749. After the Catholicos Ardzivian's death, he was elected Catholicos - Patriarch on October 14, 1749. The Seat of the Bishopric of Aleppo remained unoccupied for three years under the direction of the Patriarch Hagop.
After the Patriarch Michael Kasparian's consecration, the Seat of the Eparchy of Peria remained unoccupied for 26 years. The Eparchy was managed by the Patriarchal Vicars. Among them, the most famous was the monk Hovsep Balitian.
The forth Prelate was from Peria and from the clergy of Bzommar, the monk Kapriel Ghadroul - Avkadian (1780-1810) who was ordained in 1780 and he died on November 17 , 1810.
The fifth Prelate was a cenobite of Bzommar, the monk Kapriel Khoudeyd from Peria, born in Aleppo on 17-05-1772. He was consecrated Bishop on January 10, 1823.
The sixth Prelate was a cenobite of Bzommar, the monk Abraham Kupelian from Peria (1823-1832). He came to the Episcopal throne on July 20, 1823 and died on July 15, 1832. By his death, the Seat of the Eparchy of Aleppo remained unoccupied for six years.
The seventh Prelate was the cenobite of Bzommar from Peria, the Monk Parsegh Ayvazian (1838-1860). His Episcopal consecration took place on February 4, 1838 and he died on January 12, 1860.
The eighth Prelate was from Peria, the monk Krikor Balitian (1861-1897). He was born in Aleppo on 28-12-1815. His Episcopacy lasted from Febuary 2, 1861 till December 26, 1897.
The ninth Prelate of the Armenian Catholics of Aleppo was His Excellency Archbishop Avedis Turkian (1899-1900). He was born in the region of Beit el Din of Lebanon on 24-07-1845. At first, he was the Archbishop of Marash since October 16, 1891. He was elected Archbishop of the Eparchy of Aleppo and took charge of the prelacy on March 2, 1899. At the same date, the Eparchy became an archiepiscopal Eparchy and all the Prelates received the title of Archbishop. His prelacy did not last long. He died on August 20, 1900 at 55 years old.
The tenth Prelate was His Excellency Archbishop Okosdinos Sayeghian (1901-1926). He was born in Aleppo on 27-01-1863. He came to the prelacy throne on December 2, 1901 and died on October 1, 1926 at 66 years old. By his death, the Prelacy Seat remained unoccupied for two years. The monk Krikor Hindié managed the Patriarchal Curacy.
The eleventh Prelate was His Excellency Kevork Kortikian (1928-1933). He was born in Aleppo on April 23, 1872. He was consecrated Archbishop on February 28, 1928 and died on August 1, 1933 at 61 years old.
The twelfth Prelate was His Excellency Archbishop Krikor Hindié (1933-1952). He was born in Aleppo on February 2, 1891. He was consecrated Archbishop on November 29, 1933. He resigned in 1952. He stayed in the Armenian hospice St. Vlas in Rome till his death in 1962, and he was interred in Rome.
The thirteenth Prelate was His Excellency Archbishop Alokios Batanian (1952-1959). He was born in Mardin on February 15, 1899. He was the Patriarchal vicar of the Eparchy of Beirut when the Holy Father Pios XII appointed him Prelate of Aleppo on December 6, 1952. After seven years, he was elected General Patriarchal Vicar of Krikor-Bedros XV Aghadjanian and abandoned the Eparchy of Aleppo in 1959. In 1962, he was elected Catholicos-Patriarch in the place of Cardinal Aghadjanian who resigned from the patriarchate. In 1974, he resigned at 75 years old and died in Rome on October 6, 1979.
The fourteenth Prelate was Archbishop Kevork Layetian (1959-1983),a cenobite of Bzommar. He was born in Aleppo on April 3, 1922. He was consecrated Archbishop of Aleppo on October 25, 1959. He died on April 15, 1983 at 61 years old. Till the election of a new Prelate, His Excellency Bishop Antreas Bedoghlian, the Patriarchal vicar of Beirut became the Patriarchal conductor of the Eparchy of Aleppo till 1984.
The fifteenth Prelate was His Excellency Archbishop Hovsep Basmadjian (1984-1988), a cenobite of Bzommar. He was born in Aleppo on 15-09-1920. He was consecrated Archbishop on September 23, 1984. He died on December 11, 1988 at 68 years old.
The sixteenth Prelate was His Excellency Archbishop Bedros Miriatian. He was born in Aleppo on 26-02-1948 and was ordained diocesan monk on July 4, 1971. After the death of the Archbishop Basmadjian, he was appointed Patriarchal Vicar. He was elected Prelate of the Eparchy of Aleppo and he was consecrated Archbishop on February 4, 1990.
At present, the number of the Catholic believers of the Eparchy of Aleppo is approximately 17000.
The Eparchy is composed of six parishes and the parish priests were the following: