Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan

Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan is an patriarchal exarchate of the Maronite Church[2] immediately subject to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. In 2010 there were 1,000[3] members. It is currently governed by Archeparch Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Maronite)
Location
CountryJordan
Statistics
Population
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
1,000[1]
Parishes1
Information
Sui iuris churchMaronite Church
RiteWest Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established5 October 1996
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchBechara Boutros al-Rahi
Patriarchal ExarchMoussa El-Hage

Territory and statistics

The Exarchate extended its jurisdiction over the Maronite Catholic faithful of Jordan, and it is seated in Amman. It includes one parish and had 1,000[4] members in 2010.[5]

History

On May 5, 1985, two years after the International Eucharistic Congress held in Jerusalem, was inaugurated in the Holy Land a Patriarchal Vicariate to meet Lebanese Maronites that lived there[6] until then directly dependent on the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre.

The patriarchal exarchate of Jordan was erected on October 5, 1996.

Since its erection it was entrusted to the pastoral care of Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land, who is its in persona episcopi.

Patriarchal Exarchs

References
  1. maronite-heritage.com
  2. [Libreria Editrice Vaticana, ed. (2007). Annuario Pontificio. p. 1168. ISBN 9788820979089]
  3. maronite-heritage.com
  4. maronite-heritage.com
  5. Catholic-Hierarchy
  6. Louis Wehbe, O.C.S.O. (2001). «The Maronites of the Holy Land: A Historical Overview». The Journal of Maronite Studies 5 (July-December)
  7. press.vatican.va
  8. press.vatican.va
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