Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Maronite)
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

References

  1. ↑ maronite-heritage.com
  2. ↑ [Libreria Editrice Vaticana, ed. (2007). Annuario Pontificio. p. 1168. ISBN 9788820979089]
  3. ↑ maronite-heritage.com
  4. ↑ maronite-heritage.com
  5. ↑ Catholic-Hierarchy
  6. ↑ Louis Wehbe, O.C.S.O. (2001). «The Maronites of the Holy Land: A Historical Overview». The Journal of Maronite Studies 5 (July-December)
  7. ↑ press.vatican.va
  8. ↑ press.vatican.va

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