Catholic dioceses in the Holy Land and Cyprus

Catholic dioceses in the Holy Land and Cyprus is a multi-rite, international episcopate in Israel and Cyprus.

History

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The only Latin hierarch, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who outranks all others, sits in the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions, whereas the Eastern Catholic Bishops partake in rite-specific synods.

There is an Apostolic Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine as papal diplomatic representation (under embassy-level) in Jerusalem, an Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) in Amman, an Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) to Cyprus (in Nicosia), an Apostolic Nunciature to Israel in Jaffa.

Current jurisdictions

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Latin

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Eastern Catholic

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  • Transnational

Maronite Catholic

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Antiochian Rite, under the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and the Whole Levant, at Beirut (Lebanon)

Melkite Catholic

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Byzantine Rite, as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem, ex officio holding the style of Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem

Armenian Catholic

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Armenian Rite, under the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia (nominally in Asia Minor, but with cathedral See in Beirut, Lebanon)

Chaldean Catholic

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Chaldean Rite, under the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon, with a cathedral See in Baghdad

Syrian (Syriac) Catholic

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Antiochian Rite, under the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, with a cathedral see in Beirut

Defunct jurisdictions

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Titular sees in the Holy Land

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Palestinian Territories

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Jordan

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Israel

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Titular sees in Cyprus

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See also

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References

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