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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title given to the Latin Rite
Latin Rite

The Latin Rite is one of the 23 sui iuris particular Churches within the Catholic Church. This particular Church developed in western Europe and north Africa, where, from classical antiquity to the Renaissance, Latin was the principal language of education and culture, and so also of the liturgy....
 Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 Archbishop of Jerusalem. The Archdiocese of Jerusalem has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
. In addition, the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. The church's origins lie in the Near East, but, today, Melkite Catholics are spread throughout the world....
 and Maronite Catholic Church have established dioceses for their faithful in these same territories.

The Patriarch
Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised Autocracy authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy....
ate of Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 is currently the only Eastern
Eastern Christianity

Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christianity traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Christianity in Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity....
 patriarchal title to be assigned to a Latin Rite bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
.






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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title given to the Latin Rite
Latin Rite

The Latin Rite is one of the 23 sui iuris particular Churches within the Catholic Church. This particular Church developed in western Europe and north Africa, where, from classical antiquity to the Renaissance, Latin was the principal language of education and culture, and so also of the liturgy....
 Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 Archbishop of Jerusalem. The Archdiocese of Jerusalem has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
. In addition, the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. The church's origins lie in the Near East, but, today, Melkite Catholics are spread throughout the world....
 and Maronite Catholic Church have established dioceses for their faithful in these same territories.

The Patriarch
Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised Autocracy authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy....
ate of Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 is currently the only Eastern
Eastern Christianity

Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christianity traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Christianity in Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity....
 patriarchal title to be assigned to a Latin Rite bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem does not head a sui iuris
Sui iuris

Sui iuris, commonly also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means ?of one?s own laws?....
 particular church
Particular Church

In Catholic theology and Canon law , a particular Church is an ecclesial community headed by a bishop or someone recognized as the equivalent of a bishop....
 but is rather a bishop whose see has as a permanent privilege the honorific title of patriarch, similar to the Patriarchs of Venice
Patriarch of Venice

The Patriarch of Venice is one of the few Patriarchs in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. The diocese of Venice was created in 774, but it was only in 1457 that its bishops were accorded the title of the patriarch by the Pope, for political considerations....
, Lisbon
Patriarch of Lisbon

The Patriarch of Lisbon is an honorary title possessed by the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon.The first patriarch of Lisbon was D....
, and the East Indies
Patriarch of the East Indies

The Patriarch of the East Indies in the Catholic hierarchy is the title of the Archbishop of Goa and Dam?o in India; another title of his is that of the Primate of the East....
.

Crusader patriarchate


In 1099 Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 was captured by Crusaders, inaugurating the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christianity kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, Israel, was destroyed by the Mamluks....
, which endured almost 200 years. A Latin hierarchy was established in the Kingdom under a Latin Patriarch; up until that time, all Christians in the Holy Land were under the care of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church....
. When the last vestiges of the Kingdom were conquered by the Mamluks in 1291, the Latin hierarchy was effectively eliminated in the Levant. However, the Church continued to appoint titular
Titular bishop

A titular bishop is a Bishop of the Catholic Church who is not in charge of a diocese . Examples of bishops belonging to this category are coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeritus, vicar apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and Cardinal Bishops of suburbicarian dioceses ....
 Patriarchs of Jerusalem, who were based at the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 after 1374.

During the existence of the Latin Kingdom, the Latin Patriarchate was divided into four archdioceses -their heads bearing the titles of Archbishop of Tyre
Archbishop of Tyre

The Archbishop of Tyre was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades and was established to serve the Catholic members of the diocese....
, Archbishop of Caesarea
Archbishop of Caesarea

The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades.The diocese was an ancient one, established upon one of the first Christian communities ever created that which was formed by St....
, Archbishop of Nazareth
Archbishop of Nazareth

The Archbishop of Nazareth was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.The ancient diocese was located at Scythopolis, known as Bethsan to the crusaders....
, and Archbishop of Petra
Archbishop of Petra

The Archbishop of Petra was established during the Crusader era and served the diocese of Palaestrina III, the Oultrejordain area, and traditionally included St....
 - and a number of suffragan dioceses. The Latin Patriarch controlled the Latin quarter of the city of Jerusalem (the Holy Sepulchre and the immediate surroundings), and had as his direct suffragans the bishops of Lydda-Ramla
Lydda (titular see)

Lydda is a Catholic titular see. The city of Lydda was in Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem....
, Bethlehem
Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a Palestine city in the central West Bank, approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism....
, Hebron
Hebron (titular see)

Hebron is a Catholic titular see; it was a medieval episcopal see during the Crusader period....
, and Gaza
Gaza

Gaza is a Palestinian people city in the Gaza Strip, approximately southwest of Jerusalem, with a population of 410,000, making it the largest city under the control of the Palestinian National Authority....
, and the abbots of the Temple
Temple Mount

The Temple Mount , also known as Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary , is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem of Jerusalem....
, Mount Sion
Mount Sion

Mount Sion is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Waterford City, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, founded by Brs O'Connor and Malone, teachers in the above school....
, and the Mount of Olives
Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters ....
.

Modern patriarchate


The title Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem was restored as a residential office in 1847 for Bishop Joseph Valerga. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is now the diocesan bishop of Latin Catholics in the Holy Land, including Jordan and Cyprus. The current Patriarch is Fouad Twal
Fouad Twal

Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008.He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1966....
 from Jordan.

The Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher serves as the cathedral
Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
 of the patriarchate. The residence of the Patriarch is in the Old City of Jerusalem, while the seminary
Seminary

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy....
, which is responsible for the liturgical
Liturgy

A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to their particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy and Mass , or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat and Jewish Jewish services....
 education, was moved to Beit Jala
Beit Jala

Beit Jala...
, a town 10 km south of Jerusalem, in 1936.

List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem


  • Arnulf of Chocques
    Arnulf of Chocques

    Arnulf Malecorne of Chocques was a leader among the clergy during the First Crusade, and was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and from 1112 to 1118....
     (1099)
  • Dagobert of Pisa
    Dagobert of Pisa

    Dagobert was the first Archbishop of Pisa and the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade.He became Archbishop of Pisa in 1085, and in 1092 Pope Urban II conferred upon him the Primacy of the dioceses of the islands of Sardinia and Corsica....
     (1099-1102)
  • Ehremar (1102)
  • Dagobert of Pisa
    Dagobert of Pisa

    Dagobert was the first Archbishop of Pisa and the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade.He became Archbishop of Pisa in 1085, and in 1092 Pope Urban II conferred upon him the Primacy of the dioceses of the islands of Sardinia and Corsica....
     (restored) (1102-1107)
  • Ghibbelin of Arles
    Ghibbelin of Arles

    Ghibbelin of Sabran was Archbishop of Arles , papal legate , and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .Ghibbelin was named Archbishop of Arles at the Council of Avignon in 1080, at which Archbishop Aicard was deposed....
     (1107-1112)
  • Arnulf of Chocques
    Arnulf of Chocques

    Arnulf Malecorne of Chocques was a leader among the clergy during the First Crusade, and was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and from 1112 to 1118....
     (restored) (1112-1118)
  • Garmond of Picquigny (1119-1128)
  • Stephen (1128-1130)
  • William I of Malines (1130-1145)
  • Fulk of Angoulême
    Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem

    Fulk or Fulcher of Angoul?me was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1146 to his death in 1157.Fulk came from Angoul?me. According to William of Tyre, he was "religious and God-fearing, possessed of little learning, but a faithful man and a lover of discipline." In France he had been abbot of Celles-sur-Belle, and came to Jerusalem...
     (1146-1157)
  • Amalric of Nesle (1157-1180)
  • Heraclius
    Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem

    Heraclius or Eraclius , was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.Heraclius was from the G?vaudan in Auvergne , France....
     (1180-1191)


Jerusalem lost in 1187; seat of the Patriarch moved to Acre.

    • vacant (1191-1194)
  • Aimaro Monaco dei Corbizzi (1194-1202)
  • Soffredo Errico Gaetani (1202-1204)
  • Albert Avogadro
    Albert Avogadro

    Saint Albert Avogadro , was a Canon law yer who served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1204 until his death.Born in Parma, Albert was educated in theology and law and served as Bishop of Bobbio until 1184, when he was appointed Bishop of Vercelli....
     (1204-1214)
  • Raoul of Merencourt
    Raoul of Merencourt

    Raoul of Merencourt was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1214-1225. He succeeded the assassinated Albert Avogadro.In 1216 he attended the Fourth Lateran Council with many of his suffragan bishops, and along with Pope Innocent III, he gave a sermon on the first day of the proceedings calling for a new crusade to recover the Holy Land....
     (1214-1225)
  • Gerald of Lausanne (1225-1238)
    • vacant (1238-1240); Jacques de Vitry
      Jacques de Vitry

      Jacques de Vitry was a theology chronicler and cardinal from 1228 – 40.He was born in central France and studied at the University of Paris, becoming a regular canon in 1210 at the church of Saint-Nicolas d'Oignies in the Diocese of Liège, a post he maintained until 1216....
       appointed but never served
  • Robert of Nantes (1240-1254)
  • Jacques Pantaléon
    Pope Urban IV

    Pope Urban IV , born Jacques Pantal?on, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a Cardinal , and there have been several Popes since him who have not been Cardinals, including Urban V and Urban VI....
     (1255-1261), future Pope Urban IV of Rome
  • William II of Agen
    William II of Agen

    William II of Agen was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1261-1270. Among other things, he was tasked by Pope Urban IV in 1263 by the papal bull Exultavit cor nostrum to investigate the legitimacy of an alleged ambassador with the Mongol Empire, Exultavit cor nostrum#John the Hungarian....
     (1261-1270)
  • Thomas Agni of Cosenza (1271-1277)
  • John of Versailles (1278-1279)
  • Elijah (1279-1287)
  • Nicholas of Hanapes (1288-1294)


Acre lost in 1291; moved to Cyprus then Rome after 1374; only honorary patriarchs until 1847.

  • unknown
  • Antony Bek
    Antony Bek

    Antony Bek , was a medieval bishop of Durham....
     (1306-1311), also Prince-Bishop of Durham
    Bishop of Durham

    The Bishop of Durham is the Church of England bishop responsible for the diocese of Diocese of Durham in the province of York. The Diocese is one of the oldest in the country and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords....
     in England from 1284 to 1310
  • unknown


The Franciscan Custos of the Holy Lands (The Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade....
) held the title from 1342 to 1830 under the Papal bull
Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a pope. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end to authenticate it....
 Gratiam agimus by Pope Clement VI
Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Papacy, was pope from May 1342 until his death....
 (unless someone was specifically appointed in the honorary office).

  • Peter Paludanus
    Peter Paludanus

    Peter Paludanus was a French theologian and archbishop.He entered the Dominican Order at Lyon, completed his theological studies at the University of Paris, and was made a Doctor and Master of Theology in 1314....
     (1329-1342)
  • Elie de Nabinal (1342-1348)
  • Philippe de Cabassole (died 1372)
  • Philippe d'Alençon (died 1397)
  • Bertrande de Chanac (?-1401?)
    • unknown
  • Rodrigo de Carvajal (1523-1539)
    • unknown
  • Gian Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce
    Pope Innocent IX

    Pope Innocent IX , born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was Pope from October 29, 1591 through his death on December 30 of the same year. Prior to his short papacy, he had been a Canon law yer, diplomat, and chief administrator during the reign of Pope Gregory XIV ....
     (1572-1585), future Pope Innocent IX of Rome
  • Scipione Gonzaga
    Scipione Gonzaga

    Scipione Gonzaga was an Italian Cardinal .Born in Mantua, he belonged to the family of the Duke of Sabbioneta, passed his youth under the care of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, and made rapid progress in Greek and Latin studies....
     (1585?-?)
  • Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri (1618-1645)
    • vacant or unknown
  • Camillo Massimo
    Camillo Massimo

    Camillo Massimo was an italy cardinal in 17th century Rome, best remembered as a major patron of Baroque artists such as Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Diego Velazquez, Fran?ois Duquesnoy, Alessandro Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cosimo Fancelli....
     (1653-1677)
  • Bandino Panciatici (1689-1698?)
  • Francesco Martelli
    Francesco Martelli

    Francesco Martelli was an Italy Roman Catholic Cardinal....
     (1698-1717?)
    • unknown
  • Vincent Louis Gotti
    Vincent Louis Gotti

    Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti was a Cardinal and theology of the Roman Catholic Church.Gotti was born in Bologna. Educated by Jesuits, he entered the Dominican Order at the age of sixteen....
     (1728-1729)
  • Pompeo Aldrovandi
    Pompeo Aldrovandi

    Not to be confused with the Baroque painter Pompeo AldrovandiniPompeo Aldrovandi was an italy Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church....
     (1729-1734)
  • Thomas Cervini (1734-1751)
  • Thomas de Moncada (1751-1762)
  • Georgius Maria Lascaris (1762-1795)
    • vacant (1795-1800)
  • Michele Cardinal di Pietro (1800-1821)
  • Francesco Maria Fenzi (1816-1829)
  • Augustus Foscolo (1830-1847), later Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
    Latin Patriarch of Alexandria

    This is a list of The Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria established in 1215 during the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. This titular office was abolished in 1964....
    , 1847-1860


Restoration of resident Latin patriarchs of Jerusalem with jurisdiction in 1847.

  • Joseph Valerga (1847-1872)
  • Vincent Braco (1872-1889)


Latin patriarchate hierarchy re-established in 1889.

  • Luigi Piavi (1889-1905)
    • vacant (1905-1907)
  • Filippo Camassei
    Filippo Camassei

    Filippo Cardinal Camassei was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1919, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1919....
     (1907-1919)
  • Luigi Barlassina (1920-1947)
    • vacant (1947-1949)
  • Alberto Gori (1949-1970)
  • Giacomo Giuseppi Beltritti (1970-1987)
  • Michel Sabbah
    Michel Sabbah

    Michel Sabbah was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and Archbishop of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008.Sabbah began his priestly studies at the Latin Patriarchal Seminary of Beit Jala in October 1949 and was ordained a priest for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in June 1955....
     (1987-2008)
  • Fouad Twal
    Fouad Twal

    Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008.He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1966....
     (2008)-(Present)


See also

  • Patriarchs
  • List of Popes
    List of popes

    There is no official list of popes, but the Annuario Pontificio, published every year by the Roman Curia, contains a list that is generally considered to be the most authoritative....
  • Patriarch of Antioch
    Patriarch of Antioch

    Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title carried by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional "overseer" of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in the church from its Early Christianity....
  • Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
    Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

    The Latin Patriarch of Constantinople was an office established as a result of Crusader activity in the Near East. The title should not be confused with that of the "Patriarch of Constantinople", an office which existed before and after....
  • Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
    Latin Patriarch of Alexandria

    This is a list of The Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria established in 1215 during the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. This titular office was abolished in 1964....
  • Latin Patriarch of Antioch
    Latin Patriarch of Antioch

    The Latin Patriarch of Antioch was an office established in the aftermath of the First Crusade by Bohemund I of Antioch, founder of the Principality of Antioch....


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