The Holy Family Church ( ar, كنيسة العائلة المقدسة) It is a

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

located in

Ramallah Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...

, in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, in the

State of Palestine Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), Legal status of the State of Palestine, officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state (polity), state located in Western Asia. Officiall ...

Latin rites Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...

Catholics settled in Ramallah after the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Rosary Sisters opened a school for girls and a boarding school for boys in the decade of 1860–1870. Forty children become the Latin rite and soon a cure, Pierre Cotta, celebrate Mass in a house in the neighborhood of Hatha. He asks later the Latin Patriarch, Archbishop Valerga building a church, but permission by the civil authorities only reaches forty years later. There are 150 Catholics in 1870, and 242 in 1902. The construction of the present church began in 1913 with the permission of the Ottoman authorities who then ruled the place. A rectory, a convent for the nuns of the Holy Rosary and a school (high school now mixed) are also included. 2010-08 Ramallah 55

By 1981, the number of Catholics of Latin rite in Ramallah had risen to 1,100 parishioners.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holy Family, Church Roman Catholic churches in the State of Palestine Churches in Ramallah Roman Catholic churches completed in 1913 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings Places named for the Holy Family

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