St. George's Cathedral, Amman

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St. George's Cathedral
31°58′24″N35°50′59″E / 31.9732°N 35.8498°E / 31.9732; 35.8498
Location Amman
Country Jordan
Denomination Catholic (Melkite Greek)

The St. George's Cathedral [1] [2] or also Greek-Melkite Cathedral of St. George [3] is the Melkite Catholic cathedral, located on the street Mansour, the city of Amman, [4] the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.

It serves as the headquarters of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman (Archieparchia Petrensis et Philadelphiensis) that was created on May 2, 1932, as Archeparchy of Transjordan with the Bull Apostolica Sedes of Pope Pius XI.

Pope Benedict XVI visited on May 9, 2009.

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References

  1. Greek-Melkite Cathedral of St. George in Amman
  2. "The Catholic Church Of The Holy Land » Territorial Parishes Greek Melkite Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia". catholicchurch-holyland.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  3. XVI, Pope Benedict; McGarry, Michael; Weissman, Deborah (2011-01-01). Pope Benedict XVI in the Holy Land. Paulist Press. ISBN   9780809146727.
  4. "9 May 2009: Celebration of Vespers with priests, men and women religious, seminarians and ecclesial movements in the Greek-Melkite Cathedral of Saint-Georges in Amman | BENEDICT XVI". w2.vatican.va. Retrieved 2016-04-27.