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Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

Patriarchatus Hierosolymitanus Latinorum



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Bishop(s)

  • Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Cardinal, Patriarch
  • Rafic Nahra, Auxiliary Bishop
  • William Hanna Shomali, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Bruno Varriano, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop
  • Michel Sabbah, Patriarch Emeritus
  • Fouad Boutros Twal, Patriarch Emeritus
  • Kamal Hanna Bathish, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Salim Sayegh, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

  • Cyprus (Patriarchal Vicariate)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Patriarchate
  • Erected: 23 July 1847
  • Patriarchal See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Palestine
  • Description: Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus
  • Official Web Site: https://www.lpj.org
  • Mailing Address: Patriarcat Latin, P.O. Box 14152, 9114101 Jerusalem [Old City]
  • Telephone: (02)628.23.23

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 July 1847ErectedPatriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195032,9123,120,0001.1%5922328211637886252ap1951
197050,0715,935,350.8%692753441454361,14855ap1971
198056,301942663601564721,22163ap1981
199062,955902783681714801,09964ap1991
199877,0007529336820915491,14465ap2001
200277,0007829337120715491,14465ap2003
200477,000792933722064981,14465ap2005
2011161,4006634841438915821,07665ap2012
2012161,4007434842238245961,07666ap2013
2015293,0538138346463195901,06266ap2016
2018313,0009538548065295721,03267ap2019
2020327,65396396492665961497968ap2021
2022340,16699391490694863697968ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 275, and Page 276
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 164
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 210
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 452

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