Archeparchy of Petra e Filadelfia
Petren(sis) et Philadelphien(sis)
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Petra e Filadelfia, Jordan
The Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia (Byzantine rite) serves Melkite faithful in Jordan from its seat in Amman, the ancient Philadelphia; the modern archeparchy was erected on 2 May 1932. It is subject to the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch and counts about 26,000 Catholics (2023). Archbishop Joseph Gebara has led the see since his election on 20 February 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1932
- Latin
- Petren(sis) et Philadelphien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002588
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 26,000
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
- Joseph Gebara
- Born
- 10 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Ammatour
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. George's Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral, Amman stands in Petra e Filadelfia, 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 Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of IraqIraq
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bosra e HaūrānBosra
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Archeparchy of Homs, EmesaHoms, Emesa
- Archeparchy of LattaquiéLattaquié
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of AntiochDamascus
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché Grec-Melkite Catholique, Mansour Street, Um Al-Summaq, Amman, Jordanie
- Telephone
- [06]586.66.73; Tel. e fax 581.57.39
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].