Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem explained

Jurisdiction:Patriarchal Exarchate
Jerusalem (Syrian)
Country:Palestine, Jordan
Population As Of:2020
Catholics:5,341
Parishes:3
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Syriac Catholic Church
Rite:Antiochian Rite
Established:1892
Cathedral:Church of Saint Thomas, Jerusalem
Patriarch:Ignatius Joseph III Yonan
Bishop:Camil Afram Antoine Semaan
Bishop Title:Patriarchal Exarch
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->

The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (informally Jerusalem of the Syriacs) is a Patriarchal exarchate (missionary Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Syriac Catholic Church (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language and Arameic) for Palestine and Jordan.

It is directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (with see in Beirut), but not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and depends in Rome on the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Church of Saint Thomas in Jerusalem.

History

Established in 1991 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan), on territory (Palestine and (Trans)Jordan) previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris, which was governed as Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem of the Syriacs.

Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan)

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Notes and References

  1. 28 March 2020. From the Oriental Churches, 28.03.2020. 28 March 2020 . .