Giacomo Beltritti
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti (born December 23, 1910 in Peveragno , † November 1, 1992 in Jerusalem ) was a Catholic clergyman and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .
Life
He came to the Holy Land in 1926 , where he studied at the Latin Patriarchal Seminary in Bait Jala . He was ordained a priest on April 15, 1933 . After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and after the occupation of the West Bank with East Jerusalem in 1967, he helped Palestinian refugees .
Pope Paul VI appointed Belritti on September 21, 1965 as coadjutor patriarch of Jerusalem and titular bishop of Cana . On October 10th of the same year the Patriarch of Jerusalem , Alberto Gori OFM , donated him episcopal ordination ; Co-consecrators were Mikhayl Assaf , Erzeparch of Petra and Philadelphia , and Hanna Kaldany , Auxiliary Bishop in Jerusalem.
After Gori's death on November 25, 1970, Beltritti succeeded him as Patriarch. In this position he was head of the Roman Catholic Church in Israel , the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip , Jordan and Cyprus for 17 years . During this time he encouraged many young Palestinians to become priests and expanded the Catholic school system.
On December 11, 1987, Pope John Paul II accepted Beltritti's age-related resignation. He was succeeded by Michel Sabbah , the first Palestinian to hold this post. Belritti then taught religion at the church school in Deir Rafat , where he lived in the local monastery .
He died while visiting Jerusalem.
Web links
- Entry on Giacomo Beltritti on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 1, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Alberto Gori OFM |
Patriarch of Jerusalem 1970–1987 |
Michel Sabbah |
Alberto Gori OFM |
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Michel Sabbah |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Belritti, Giacomo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belritti, Giacomo Giuseppi (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Patriarch of Jerusalem |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Peveragno |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1992 |
Place of death | Jerusalem |