Apostolic Exarchate of Giordania
Patriarchal exarchate · Maronite Church · Giordania, Jordan
The Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Antiochene rite) was erected on 5 October 1996 for Maronite faithful in Jordan, seated in Amman with its principal church of St. Charbel at Marj El Hamam. It depends directly on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Catholic-hierarchy reports about 1,000 Catholics in 4 parishes (2022), under Patriarchal Exarch Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. (since 2012).
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal exarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 5 October 1996
- Annuario code
- 001000554
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,000
- Population
- 2,018
- Catholic share
- 49.6%
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 1,000
- Extent
- 89,342 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- 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
St. Charbel Church, Marj El Hamam, Amman stands in Giordania, 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.
The province of Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of AntéliasAntélias
- Archeparchy of CiproCipro
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-AhmarBaalbek-Deir El-Ahmar
- Eparchy of Lattaquié, Laodicea, LattaqiyaLattaquié
- Maronite Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].