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Catholics in the narrowest acceptation) are mostly Europeans
or members of the religious orders, and are few in number
(15,000 ?). If, however, the membership of all the Churches in
communion with Rome be taken together it includes more than
one-half and possibly three-fifths of the whole Christian popu
lation. There is a Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, whose juris
diction extends over Palestine, and an Apostolic Delegate who
resides at Beirut and represents the interests of the Roman
Church in the rest of Syria.
Of the religious orders which conduct mission work in Syria
mention may be made of the Franciscans, Carmelites, Jesuits,
and Lazarists, and of the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul ancl
the Sisters of St. Joseph as among the more important. The
Freres des ecoles chretiennes, the Dominicans, and the Mis-
sionaires d’Afrique and others are also represented.
Protestant Churches. The members of the Protestant
Churches are also few in number (10,000-15,000). Native
converts have been gained chiefly by British and American
societies. The former (Church Missionary Society, London
Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, United Free
Church of Scotland, Edinburgh Medical Mission) are prominent
in Palestine and Damascus ; the latter (Presbyterian Church
of the United States) in Beirut, Lebanon, and central Syria
generally. There is an Anglican bishop resident in Jerusalem,
Previous to 1887 he was appointed by the Queen of England
and the King of Prussia alternately. Three bishops held office
under this arrangement (1841-81).
Protestant missions have been conducted in Syria since
early in the nineteenth century, though for the first half of
that period their activity was chiefly confined to educational
work, proselytizing from the existing religious communities
being on the whole discouraged. In 1848 the first Syrian
Evangelical Church was organized in Beirut with eighteen
members, including four women; by 1857 there were four
such Churches in Syria with 75 members ; by 1912 the whole
numbers of the native Protestants had risen to about 10,000,
said to be the result of the operations of some 38 European
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