Apostolic Exarchate of Giordania
Patriarchal exarchate · Maronite Church · Giordania, Jordan
The Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan (Antiochene rite) was erected on 5 October 1996 for Maronite faithful in Jordan, seated in Amman with its principal church of St. Charbel at Marj El Hamam. It depends directly on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Catholic-hierarchy reports about 1,000 Catholics in 4 parishes (2022), under Patriarchal Exarch Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. (since 2012).
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal exarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 5 October 1996
- Annuario code
- 001000554
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,000
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 1,000
- Extent
- 89,342 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Exarch
- Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.
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
St. Charbel Church, Marj El Hamam, Amman stands in Giordania, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of AntéliasAntélias
- Archeparchy of CiproCipro
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-AhmarBaalbek-Deir El-Ahmar
- Eparchy of Lattaquié, Laodicea, LattaqiyaLattaquié
- Maronite Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- St. Charbel's Parish, Airport Road, Marj El Hamam, Amman, Jordan
- Telephone
- [06]420.25.58; fax 420.25.59
- mhsandy3@gmail.com
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.