Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman

The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman (colloquially Jerusalem of the Armenians) is the missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in the Holy Land (Palestine/Israel) and (Trans)Jordan.

It is directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, not part of his or any ecclesiastical province.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is a World Heritage Site: the Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, in Jerusalem.

Antecedents

Previously the area had the lower status of patriarchal vicariate within the Pariarch "of Ciciaia"'s proper archdiocese (based in Beirut).

Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem

History

Ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem
Protosyncellus of (Patriarchal Dependency) Amman and Jerusalem
Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem and Amman

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Coordinates: 31°46′48″N 35°13′57″E / 31.7800°N 35.2325°E / 31.7800; 35.2325

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