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{{На английском|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.
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.}}
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