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Patriarchal Territory of Giordania

Territory dependent on the patriarchal Church · Chaldean Catholic Church · Giordania, Jordan

Jordan is a patriarchal dependent territory of the Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syriac rite), directly subject to the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad and served through the Chaldean Patriarchal Vicariate in Amman. Catholic-hierarchy reports about 2,500 Chaldean Catholics in a single parish (2022), a community swollen by Iraqi refugees and declining as families resettle abroad. No bishop is assigned; the territory is governed through the patriarchate.

The see

Rank
Territory dependent on the patriarchal Church
Tradition
Chaldean Catholic Church
Annuario code
001000558

The see in figures

Catholics
2,500
Priests
1
Catholics per priest
2,500

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

Bishop
Iyad Twal

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 province of Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.