Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem
The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem is a Patriarchal exarchate of the Syriac Catholic Church for Palestine and Jordan.
It is directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, but not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and depends in Rome on the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Church of Saint Thomas in Jerusalem.
History
Established in 1991 as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem, on territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris, which was governed as Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem of the Syriacs.Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan)
- Father Pierre Jaroûë, later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs as Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh
- Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad, Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs ; previously Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Syriacs ; later Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs as Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
- Grégoire Pierre Melki, Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs