Apostolic Exarchate of Gerusalemme e Palestina
Patriarchal exarchate · Maronite Church · Jerusalem, Israel
Maronite Catholic (West Syro-Antiochene rite) patriarchal exarchate with jurisdiction over Maronite faithful in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. It was erected on 5 October 1996. Its seat is the Maronite Convent in Jerusalem, and it is held in union with the Maronite Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land.
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal exarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 5 October 1996
- Annuario code
- 001000553
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 504
- Population
- 2,012
- Catholic share
- 25.0%
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 504
- Extent
- 6,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Patriarchal Exarch
- Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Maronite Convent, Jerusalem stands in Jerusalem, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
An exarchate of the Maronite Patriarchate within the Maronite Church, the Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine answers immediately to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. Its membership stood at 504 in 2017, and its present governor is archeparch Moussa El-Hage, OAM.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].