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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Holy Land and Jordan}}
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| name              = Jerusalem and Amman (Armenian)
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| denomination      = [[Armenian Catholic Church]]
| rite              = [[Armenian Rite]]
| established       = 1991
| cathedral         = [[Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jerusalem]]
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| patriarch         = [[Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian]], [[Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar|I.C.P.B]]
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| bishop            = {{ill|Narek Naamoyan|de|Nareg Naamoyan}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vaticannews.va/hy/church/news/2022-08/hy-mons-naamoyan-nominato-esarca-gerusalemme-armeni-cattolici.html | title=Հայրապետական կոնդակով Հայր Նարեկ Ծ. Վ. Նաամոյեան նշանակուեցաւ Երուսաղէմի Պատրիարքական Եկզարք։ - Vatican News | date=25 August 2022 }}</ref>
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The '''Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman'''<ref>[http://catholicchurch-holyland.com/?p=292 catholicchurch-holyland.com]</ref> (colloquially '''Jerusalem of the Armenians''') is the missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] ''sui iuris'' ([[Eastern Catholic]], [[Armenian Rite]] in [[Armenian language]]) in the [[Holy Land]] ([[State of Palestine|Palestine]]/[[Israel]]) and (Trans)[[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 (based in Beirut).
;''Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem''
* Monsignor Giovanni Gamasargan (1973 – 1978)
* Father Joseph Chadarevian (1978 – 1986)
* Father Joseph I. Debs (1986 – 1991 ''see below'')
== 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 ==
(all [[Armenian Rite]])
;''Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem''
* Father Joseph I. Debs (''see above'' 1991 – 1992), previously last Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (1986 – 1991)
* [[Archimandrite]] Joseph Rubian (1992 – 1995)
* [[André Bedoglouyan]], [[Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar]] (I.C.P.B.) (1995 – 1998 ''see below''), previously [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Comana Armeniæ]] (1971.07.24 – death 2010.04.13) & [[Auxiliary Eparch]] of [[Cilicia of the Armenians]] (patriarchate, in Lebanon) (1971.07.24 – 1994.11.05), also [[Apostolic Administrator]] of [[Kameshli of the Armenians]] (Syria) (1988 – 1989)
;''Protosyncellus of (Patriarchal Dependency) Amman and Jerusalem''
* André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. (''see above'' 1998 – retired 2001)
;''Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem and Amman''
* Kévork Khazoumian (2001 – 2006.03.15), also Titular Bishop of [[Marasc of the Armenians]] (2002.01.22 – 2006.03.15); later [[Coadjutor Archeparch]] of [[Istanbul of the Armenians]] (Turkey) (2006.03.15 – 2014.05.21)
* Msgr. [[Raphaël François Minassian]] (2006 – 2011.06.24); later Titular Archbishop of [[Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians]] (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23), [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|Ordinary]] of [[Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe|East Europe of the Armenians]] (Armenia) (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23) & [[List of Armenian Catholic patriarchs of Cilicia|Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics]] as [[Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian]] (2021.09.23 – ...)
* Msgr. Joseph Antoine Kélékian (2011.08.08 – retired 2014)
*''[[Apostolic Administrator]] Msgr. Kevork Noradouguian (Dankayé) (2014.04.30 – 2015.11.25) (no other office)''
* Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa (2015.11.25 – 2019.05.10); previously Eparch of [[Iskanderiya of the Armenians]] (Alexandria, Egypt) ([2003.09.09] 2004.01.07 – ...)
* {{ill|Nerses Zabbara|de|Nersès Zabbara}} (2019.05.10 – 2022)
* {{ill|Narek Naamoyan|de|Nareg Naamoyan}} (2022 – ...)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/amma0.htm GCatholic with incumbent biography links]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgear.html Catholic-hierarchy.org]
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[[Category:Eastern Catholic exarchates|Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholic dioceses in Asia|Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Armenians in Jerusalem|Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholicism in Israel]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholicism in Jordan]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholicism in the State of Palestine]]