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Latin Patriarchate Of Jerusalem
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem () is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem, officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem is the archbishop of Latin Church Catholics of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem with jurisdiction for all Latin Catholics in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus; he also holds the office of grand prior of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. It is exempt, being directly subject to the Holy See (and exceptionally its Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, which normally handles Eastern Catholics). It is not within an ecclesiastical province, and has no metropolitan functions. The Patriarchate was originally established in 1099, with the Kingdom of Jerusalem encompassing the territories in the Holy Land newly conquered by the First Crusade. From 1374 to 1847 it was a titular see, with the patriarchs of Jerusalem being based at the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome. Pope Pius IX re-estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Pierbattista Pizzaballa (; also Petrus Battista Pizzaballa; born 21 April 1965 in Italy) is part of the Order of Friars Minor (commonly called Franciscans) founded by Francis of Assisi and a Catholic Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal who has been serving as the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020. After being received into the Franciscan Order, he spend his novitiate at the La Verna, Franciscan Shrine of La Verna in Arezzo, Italy. In 1990, he was called to service in the Holy Land, specifically Jerusalem. Having obtained his diploma in classical studies at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Ferrara, in Jerusalem, he went on to study Biblical theology, Biblical Theology at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and taught biblical Hebrew at the Franciscan Faculty of Biblical Science and Archeology in Jerusalem. From 2004 to 2016, as a leading Franciscan, he was elected and reelected twice as the Custos of the Holy Land, the head of the Francisca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
