Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman

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Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman (Armenian)
Location
Country Palestine and Jordan
Statistics
Population
  • (as of 2015)
  • 500
Parishes2
Information
Denomination Armenian Catholic Church
Rite Armenian Rite
Established1991
Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jerusalem
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B
Patriarchal Exarch Narek Naamoyan  [ de ] [1]

The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman [2] (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.

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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 Sorrows, Jerusalem.

Antecedents

Previously the area had the lower status of patriarchal vicariate within the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia'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

References

  1. "Հայրապետական կոնդակով Հայր Նարեկ Ծ. Վ. Նաամոյեան նշանակուեցաւ Երուսաղէմի Պատրիարքական Եկզարք։ - Vatican News". 25 August 2022.
  2. catholicchurch-holyland.com

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