Archeparchy of Haifa e Terra Santa
Ptolemaiden(sis) Maronitarum in Terra Sancta
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Haifa, Israel
Maronite Catholic (West Syro-Antiochene rite) archeparchy for all Maronite faithful residing in Israel, erected on 8 June 1996. Its seat is St. Louis the King Cathedral in Haifa. The archeparch also serves as patriarchal exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 8 June 1996
- Latin
- Ptolemaiden(sis) Maronitarum in Terra Sancta
- Patron
- St. Louis the King
- Annuario code
- 001001565
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,000
- Population
- 2,019
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 714
- Extent
- 20,991 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Archbishop
- 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
St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa stands in Haifa, 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
Answering directly to the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites rather than to any intermediate authority, the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land (Latin: Archieparchia Ptolemaidensis Maronitarum in the Holy Land) forms a branch of the Maronite Church. Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, OAM, has governed it since 2012.
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].