Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan
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Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Maronite)
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| Location | |
| Country | Jordan |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,000[1] |
| Parishes | 1 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Maronite Church |
| Rite | West Syro-Antiochene Rite |
| Established | 5 October 1996 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
| Patriarchal Exarch | Moussa El-Hage |
Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan is an patriarchal exarchate of the Maronite Church[2] immediately subject to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. In 2010 there were 1,000[3] members. It is currently governed by Archeparch Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.
Territory and statistics
The Exarchate extended its jurisdiction over the Maronite Catholic faithful of Jordan, and it is seated in Amman. It includes one parish and had 1,000[4] members in 2010.[5]
History
On May 5, 1985, two years after the International Eucharistic Congress held in Jerusalem, was inaugurated in the Holy Land a Patriarchal Vicariate to meet Lebanese Maronites that lived there[6] until then directly dependent on the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre.
The patriarchal exarchate of Jordan was erected on October 5, 1996.
Since its erection it was entrusted to the pastoral care of Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land, who is its in persona episcopi.
Patriarchal Exarchs
- Paul Nabil El-Sayah (October 5, 1996 - June 6, 2011 appointed archbishop, personally, of the curia of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites)[7]
- Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M., (since 16 June 2012)[8]
References
- ↑ maronite-heritage.com
- ↑ [Libreria Editrice Vaticana, ed. (2007). Annuario Pontificio. p. 1168. ISBN 9788820979089]
- ↑ maronite-heritage.com
- ↑ maronite-heritage.com
- ↑ Catholic-Hierarchy
- ↑ Louis Wehbe, O.C.S.O. (2001). «The Maronites of the Holy Land: A Historical Overview». The Journal of Maronite Studies 5 (July-December)
- ↑ press.vatican.va
- ↑ press.vatican.va
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