Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman
The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman is the missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris in the Holy Land and Jordan.
It is directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, not part of his or any ecclesiastical province.
Its Cathedral episcopal see is a World Heritage Site: the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jerusalem.
Antecedents
Previously the area had the lower status of patriarchal vicariate within the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia's proper archdiocese.;Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem
- Monsignor Giovanni Gamasargan
- Father Joseph Chadarevian
- Father Joseph I. Debs
History
- Established on 1 October 1991 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem.
- In 1998 demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem, under the same Ordinary
- Promoted back in 2001 as '''Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman'''
Ordinaries
;Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem- Father Joseph I. Debs, previously last Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians
- Archimandrite Joseph Rubian
- André Bedoglouyan, Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar, previously Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ & Auxiliary Eparch of Cilicia of the Armenians, also Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians
- André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B.
- Kévork Khazoumian, also Titular Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians ; later Coadjutor Archeparch of Istanbul of the Armenians
- Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian ; later Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians, Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians & Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics as Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
- Msgr. Joseph Antoine Kélékian
- Apostolic Administrator Msgr. Kevork Noradouguian
- Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa ; previously Eparch of Iskanderiya of the Armenians