Until 2013, Europeans or members of missionary Latin congregations, mostly Franciscans, were ordinaries here. All have belonged to the Roman rite. ;Apostolic Vicars of Aleppo •
Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara,
O.F.M. (31 July 1645 – 1659 resigned). • Vacant (1659–1672) • Arnaud Bossu,
C.M. (17 June 1762 – 20 November 1765 resigned) • Vacant (1765–1818) ;Apostolic Vicars of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus • Aloisio Gandolfi, C.M. (13 January 1818 – death 25 August 1825),
Titular Bishop of
Icosium (1815.08.11 – 1825.08.25), also
Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1815.08.11 – 1825.08.25) • Giovanni Pietro Losana (23 January 1827 – 30 September 1833), later Bishop of
Biella (?) • Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (March 29, 1833 – death September 14, 1836),
Titular Archbishop of
Iconium (1833.03.29 – 1836.09.14), also
Apostolic Delegate to
Egypt and Arabia (1833.03 – 1836.09.14) and Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1833.03 – 1836.09.14) • Angelo Giuseppe Fazio,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (15 December 1837 – death 13 December 1838), Titular Bishop of
Tipasa (1836.04.26 – 1838.12.13) (coadjutor of
Tibet-Hindustan, British India, 1836.04.26 – 1837.12.15); also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1837.12.15 – 1838.12.13) ;Apostolic Vicars of Aleppo • Villardel Francisco, O.F.M. (8 March 1839 – death 19 June 1852),
Titular Archbishop of
Philippi (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19) • Paul Brunoni (July 4, 1853 – November 23, 1858), Titular Archbishop of
Tharona (1853.07.12 – 1868.06.25), ? appointed Apostolic Vicar of Constantinople), later
Latin Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1868.06.25 – 1877.01.02) • Giuseppe Valerga (1858 – death 2 December 1872 deceased) (apostolic administrator) • Serafino Milani, O.F.M. (23 January 1874 – 21 December 1874 appointed Bishop of Pontremoli) (bishop-elect) •
Luigi Piavi, O.F.M. (November 13, 1876 – August 28, 1889), Titular Archbishop of
Siunia (1876.11.18 – 1889.08.28), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1876.11.13 – 1889.08.28); later residential Latin Patriarch of
Jerusalem of the Latins (
Palestine) (1889.08.28 – death 1905.01.24) and
Grand Master of
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (1889.08.28 – 1905.01.24) •
Auxiliary Bishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. (18 August 1890 – 25 February 1896), Titular Bishop of
Casium (1881.08.19 – 1890.08.19), later Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1890.08.19 – 1896.02.25) and
Titular Archbishop of
Cabassa (1890.08.19 – 1904.04.06), Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia (1896.02.25 – 1904.04.06) • Pierre Gonzales Charles Duval,
O.P. (February 25, 1896 – death July 31, 1904), Titular Archbishop of
Petra (1895.11.29 – 1904.07.31), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1896.02.25 – 1904.07.31) •
Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. (20 January 1905 – resigned February 12, 1936), also Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1905.01.16 – 1935), Titular Archbishop of
Serræ (1905.01.16 – 1939.10.25); earlier
Custos of the Holy Land (1900 – 1906); later
Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church (1936 – death 1939) • Vacant seat (1936–1967) •
Apostolic administrator Akiki Bonaventure, O.F.M. (28 June 1967 – 1 March 1973), Titular Bishop of
Larissa in Syria (1973.03.01 – death 1987.09.09), no previous prelature • Akiki Bonaventure, O.F.M. (1 March 1973 – 1979 Retired) • Guerino Domenico Picchi, O.F.M. (20 June 1980 – 9 July 1992 Retired), Titular Bishop of
Sebaste in Palæstina (1980.06.20 – death 1997.07.19) •
Armando Bortolaso,
S.D.B. (9 July 1992 – 21 November 2002 Retired), Titular Bishop of
Raphanea (1992.07.09 – ...) •
Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. (21 November 2002 – 15 April 2013 Retired), Titular Bishop of
Forma (2002.11.21 – death 2015.10.26); previously
Custos of the Holy Land (1992.04.10 [1992.05.08] – 1998.01.16) •
Apostolic Administrator Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. (15 April 2013 – 4 November 2013), Titular Bishop of
Rusadus (from 4 November 2013) •
Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. (4 November 2013 – retired 29 June 2022) •
Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M. (17 September 2023 – present) == See also ==