Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan
| Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Maronite Church |
| Country | Jordan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Patriarchate of Antioch |
| Patriarchal Exarch | Moussa El-Hage OAM |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 89,342 km² |
| Parishes | 2 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Residents | 6,343,000 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Catholics | 1,500 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 750 |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| Liturgical language | Syrian |
The Patriarchal Exarchate Jordan is a Patriarchal Exarchate of the Maronite Church located in Jordan and has its seat in Amman .
history
The Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan was founded on October 5, 1996 from cessions of territory from the Archeparchy Haifa e Terra Santa . The Exarch of Jordan is in persona episcopi Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine .
Exarchs of Jordan
- Paul Nabil El-Sayah , 1996–2011, then Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
- Moussa El-Hage OAM , since 2012
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 2005 | 1,200 | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 1,200 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | 1,500 | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 750 | 2 | ||||