Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Hierosolymitan(us) Latinorum
Latin patriarchate · Latin Church · Jerusalem, Israel
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is a Latin Church patriarchal see covering Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus, immediately subject to the Holy See. Originally founded in 1099 and re-established in 1847, it has been led since 2020 by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
The see
- Rank
- Latin patriarchate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1099
- Latin
- Hierosolymitan(us) Latinorum
- Patron
- Beata Vergine Maria, Regina di Terrasanta;, san Giacomo il Minore
- Annuario code
- 001000576
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 368,426
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 3,721
- Extent
- 125,371 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
- Patriarch
- Pierbattista Pizzaballa
- Born
- 21 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Cologno al Serio
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem stands in Jerusalem, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, Jerusalem.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin: Patriarchatus Latinus Hierosolymitanus) is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem. As archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem for Latin Church Catholics, the Latin patriarch exercises jurisdiction over all Latin Catholics in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus, and he additionally serves as grand prior of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.