Fouad Twal

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Fouad Boutros Ibrahim Twal ( Arabic فؤاد طوال Fu'ād Tuwāl , DMG Fuʾād Ṭuwāl ; * October 23, 1940 in Madaba , Jordan ) is emeritus Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem . From 2008 to 2016 he was Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Life

Fouad Twal was born the fifth of nine children and entered the seminary in Beit Jala in 1959 . He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1966 . After five years of pastoral work in Palestine and Jordan , he studied canon and international law from 1972 at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and then for two years at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy . In 1976 he received his doctorate with a dissertation in canon law on traditional Bedouin law.

Twal entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1977 and in 1978 became Chargé d'affaires and head of the Apostolic Nunciature in Honduras . From 1982 to 1985 he was in the Council for Political Affairs of the Vatican State Secretariat responsible for 19 French-speaking African countries. In 1985 he took over the leadership of the Nunciature in Cairo , Egypt ; In 1988 he moved to Bonn in Germany and in 1990 to Lima in Peru .

In 1992 he was appointed prelate of Tunis by Pope John Paul II . The episcopal ordination received his Patriarch Michel Sabbah on 22 July 1992; Co - consecrators were Archbishop Edmond Y. Farhat and Archbishop Francesco Monterisi . On May 31, 1995, when the territorial prelature of Tunis was elevated to the status of a diocese , Twal became its first diocesan bishop and as such received the title of archbishop ad personam . In 2003 he was elected President of the North African Bishops' Conference (CERNA) .

On September 8, 2005 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as coadjutor of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, with the right of succession. Successor of Twal in Tunis was Bishop Maroun Lahham . On June 21, 2008, through the Pope's acceptance of the resignation of his predecessor, he was named Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem . He received the pallium on June 29, 2008 ; official salutation is "His Beatitude".

Fouad Twal has been a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and a member of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches since 2009 . He chairs both the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land and the Conference of Latin Bishops in the Arab Regions (CELRA).

He was President of the Catholic University of Bethlehem from 2006 to 2009 .

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on June 24, 2016.

Memberships

honors and awards

Web links

Commons : Fouad Twal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newsletter OESSH Ntr. 44 - autumn 2016. (PDF) The autumn assembly of the Grand Magisterium. Retrieved December 11, 2016 .
  2. ^ Arab bishops meet in the Vatican ( memento of November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Vatican Radio , accessed on October 11, 2011
  3. ↑ Bethlehem University Announces New President ( Memento of May 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Bethlehem University, March 14, 2006
  4. ↑ German Episcopate visits the University of Bethlehem ( Memento of October 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), University of Bethlehem, 2006.
  5. ↑ Bethlehem University Presidents ( Memento of May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , Bethlehem University, accessed October 13, 2010
  6. ^ Rinuncia del Patriarca di Gerusalemme dei Latini e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico sede vacante. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 24, 2016, accessed June 24, 2016 (Italian).
  7. ↑ CONFERME E NOMINE NELLA CONGREGAZIONE PER LE CHIESE ORIENTALI , Vatican Press Office, February 19, 2014
  8. ↑ Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of September 30, 2009.
  9. ↑ Patriarch Twal awarded for Interreligious Dialogue ( Memento of December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), press release of the Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land (CRIHL) , June 15, 2010
  10. ↑ Honor for a bridge builder , press release of the Archdiocese of Paderborn , May 9, 2011
  11. ↑ Archbishop Fouad Twal is an honorary doctor of the Theological Faculty Paderborn , press release of the Theological Faculty Paderborn , May 10, 2011
  12. ↑ The Patriarch is awarded the Star of Italy ( Memento of April 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), press release of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem , September 10, 2012
predecessor Office successor
Michel Sabbah Patriarch of Jerusalem
2008-2016 		Pierbattista Pizzaballa
(Apostolic Administrator)
Michel Sabbah Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
2008–2016 		Pierbattista Pizzaballa
personal data
SURNAME Twal, Fouad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Twal, Fouad Boutros Ibrahim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jordanian Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Grand Prior of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Madaba , Jordan