Fouad Twal Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Beatitude
Archbishop, Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins
Ordination:29 June 1966
Consecration:22 July 1992
Consecrated By:Michel Sabbah
Appointed:8 September 2005 (Coadjutor)
Term Start:22 June 2008
Term End:24 June 2016
Province:Jerusalem
Archdiocese:Jerusalem
See:Jerusalem
Predecessor:Michel Sabbah
Successor:Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Birth Date:1940 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Madaba, Emirate of Transjordan
(present-day Jordan)
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:Paratum cor meum
My heart is ready
(Psalm 107)
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Fouad Twal.svg
Patriarch Fouad Twal
Dipstyle:His Beatitude
Offstyle:Your Beatitude
Relstyle:Monsignor
Deathstyle:n/a

Fouad Twal (Arabic: البطريرك فؤاد طوال; born 23 October 1940 in Madaba, Jordan[1]) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2016. He has also served as the Grand Prior of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and President for the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land.

Biography

Fouad Twal was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966.[1] After his ordination he was the vicar of Ramallah. In 1972 he entered the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied for a doctorate in canon law, which he was awarded in 1975.[2] He was appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on 30 May 1992. He was consecrated to the episcopate on 22 July later that year by principal consecrator Patriarch Michel Sabbah.[1] On 31 May 1995, Pope John Paul II gave the Tunis territorial prelature diocesan status, creating the Diocese of Tunis,[3] and appointed as Twal was made an archbishop ad personam. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI named him the coadjutor archbishop-patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; he succeeded Michel Sabbah as the Patriarch on 21 June 2008[1] and was enthroned Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre the next day.[4] A week later, he received the pallium from the hands of Pope Benedict XVI at a Mass in Rome's Basilica of Saint Peter.

In 2008, he explained his understanding of the situation of Israel and the Palestinian Territories and their people: "We receive a lot of help and we are grateful but at the same time we say we need more. What we need is peace. We don’t only want to be a begging Church, we don't want to be beggars with a licence. I don't like this. We need a political horizon, it's time to put an end to the Wall, the Checkpoints, it's time for a Palestinian State, it's time for an end to our problems with visas."[4]

On 19 February 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.[5]

In June 2016 Pope Francis accepted Twal's resignation as patriarch.[6]

Additional positions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheney. David M.. Patriarch Fouad Twal . Bishops . catholic-hierarchy.org . 4 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Government of the Order. The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Ireland. Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Lieutenancy of Ireland. 12 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Cheney. David M.. Archdiocese of Tunis . All Dioceses . catholic-hierarchy.org . 4 January 2012.
  4. News: Pope Names Arch. Fouad Twal Patriarch of Jerusalem . https://archive.today/20130415201201/http://www.radiovaticana.org/magyar/Articolo.asp?c=213631 . dead . 15 April 2013 . . 21 June 2008 . 2008-09-13 .
  5. Web site: Rinunce e Nomine . 21 February 2014 . 6 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075331/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/19/0120/00261.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Rinuncia del Patriarca di Gerusalemme dei Latini e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico sede vacante . . June 24, 2016 . September 24, 2016 . it.
  7. Web site: His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal. The Catholic Church of the Holy Land. Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land. 12 January 2012.