Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine
| Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Maronite Church |
| Country | Palestinian Territories |
| Ecclesiastical province | Patriarchate of Antioch |
| Patriarchal Exarch | Moussa El-Hage OAM |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 6,300 km² |
| Parishes | 3 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Residents | 4,018,332 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Catholics | 504 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| Liturgical language | Syrian |
| Website | http://www.maronitejerusalem.org |
The Patriarchal Exarchate Jerusalem and Palestine is a Patriarchal Exarchate of the Maronite Church located in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories and located in East Jerusalem .
history
The Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine was founded on October 5, 1996 from the cession of territory by the Haifa e Terra Santa Archeparchy . The Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine is in persona episcopi Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa and Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan .
Exarchs of Jerusalem and Palestine
- Paul Nabil El-Sayah , 1996–2011, then Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
- Moussa El-Hage OAM , since 2012