The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (informally Jerusalem of the Syriacs) is a

Patriarchal exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and ea ...

(missionary

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the

Syriac Catholic Church The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Christianity ...

(

Antiochian Rite Antiochene Rite or Antiochian Rite refers to the family of liturgies originally used by the Patriarchate of Antioch. Liturgies in the Antiochene Rite The Antiochian Rite, or the Antiochian Rite family, consists of Apostolic Liturgies including ...

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 ...

and Arameic) for

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

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. It is directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (with see in Beirut), but not part of his or any other

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

, and depends in Rome on the

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. Its

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

episcopal see is the Church of Saint Thomas in Jerusalem.

History

Established in 1991 as ''Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem'' (Palestine and Jordan), on territory (Palestine and (Trans)Jordan) previously without proper Ordinary of the

particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed to a ...

''sui iuris'', which was governed as

Patriarchal Vicariate Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of Dominance hierarchy, dominance and Social privilege, privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical Anthropology, anthropological term for families or clans controll ...

of Jerusalem of the Syriacs.

Ordinaries

All

West Syriac Rite The West Syriac Rite, also called Syro-Antiochian Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saint James in the West Syriac dialect. It is practised in the Maronite Church, the Syriac Orthodox Chur ...

Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan)

* Father Pierre Jaroûë (? – 1820.02.25), later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) as

Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh Mar Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (or ''Butrus Javré'', ''Jaroueh'', ''Garweh'', ''Djarweh'', ''Giarvé'', 1777–1851) was Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1820 to 1851. Life Peter Jarweh was born on 9 July 1777 in Aleppo. He was ...

( 820.02.251828.01.28 – death 1851.10.16) * Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad (1991 – 2000),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Batnæ of the Syriacs Batnae (or Batnæ) may refer to : * the Ancient city and former bishopric is Osroene, now Suruç#History, Suruç in Asian Turkey; * and hence, two Catholic titular successor sees : ** Batnae (Roman), Latin Catholic ** Batnae (Syrian), Syriac Catho ...

(1996.06.29 – 2001.02.16); previously

Patriarchal Vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...

of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine) (1978 – 1991); later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ( 001.02.162001.02.24 – retired 2008.01.25) as

Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (born Peter Gregory Abdalahad; 30 June 1930 – 4 April 2018) was patriarch of Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch, Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, ...

, President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (2001.02.24 – 2008.01.25) * Grégoire Pierre Melki (25 February 2002 – 20 November 2019), Titular Bishop of

(2002.02.25 – present) * (28 March 2020 – present)

References

External links

GCatholic with incumbent bio links

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Eastern Catholicism in Israel Eastern Catholicism in Jordan