The Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on (or Patriarchal Dependency of) the Patriarch of Jerusalem is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the

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''sui iuris'' ( Eastern Catholic: Chaldean Rite,

Syriac language The Syriac language (; syc, / '), also known as Syriac Aramaic (''Syrian Aramaic'', ''Syro-Aramaic'') and Classical Syriac ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ (in its literary and liturgical form), is an Aramaic language, Aramaic dialect that emerged during ...

) covering the

Holy land The Holy Land; Arabic: or is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. The term "Holy ...

(

Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...

and Israel). As Territory Dependent on the Patriarch, it is immediately subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (actually in Baghdad, Iraq), without being part of his or any other ecclesiastical province. It is not entitled to a (Titular) Bishop as Ordinary, the incumbents use the style Protosyncellus (normally an official in an episcopal curia).

Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem

;Patriarchal Vicars/exarch of Jerusalem * Msgr. Paul Collin (1990 – 1991), next Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (1990 – ?)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerusalem, Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch Chaldean Catholic dioceses Christian organizations established in 1997

Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem

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