Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan 🇯🇴 (Armenian Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Armenian

Type: Patriarchal Exarchate

Name: Jerusalem and Amman (English) / Mont d’Amman (français)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Damascus (↑), Baghdad (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1991.10.01: Established as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem
1998: Demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Amman and Jerusalem (English)
2001: Promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman (English) / Mont d’Amman (français)

Present Prelates

Patriarchal Exarch (2022.08 – ...):

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan (54)

Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Ordinaries

Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem and Amman (Armenian Rite)

Msgr. Nareg Naamoyan (54)
(2022.08 – ...)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)
Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

Born:	1972.01.04 (Kamichlié, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1997.01.16

Priest of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1997.01.16 – ...)

Procurator at Rome of the Armenians (2015.10.30 – 2019)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2022.08 – ...)

Fr. Nersès Joseph Zabbara (56) (later Archbishop)
(2019.05.10 – 2022.08)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq)

Born:	1969.06.06 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1999.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.08.27

Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1999.10.31 – 2023.05.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (2018.06.23 – 2023.05.27)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2019.05.10 – 2022.08)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (2023.05.27 – ...)

Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa (72)
(2015.11.25 – 2019.05.10)

Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

Born:	1953.06.17 (Aleppo, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.09

Priest of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1980.12.24 – 2004.01.07)

Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt) ([2003.09.09] 2004.01.07 – ...)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2015.11.25 – 2019.05.10)

Fr. Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B. (57) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.04.30 – 2015.10.30)

Msgr. Joseph Antoine Kélékian
(2011.08.08 – 2014)

Born:	1950.04.18 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2011.08.08 – 2014)

Msgr. Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B. (79) (later Patriarch)
(2006 – 2011.06.24)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)
President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Unitatem spiritus servare

Born:	1946.11.24 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.16

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2006 – 2011.06.24)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2021.09.23 – 2022.05.17)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([2021.09.23] 2021.09.23 – ...)

President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (2021.09.23 – ...)

Bishop Georges Khazzoum (91) (later Archbishop)
(2001 – 2006.03.15)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians
Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

Born:	1935.03.13 (Chiah, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.07

Priest of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1960.07.03 – 2002.01.22)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) ([2001.10.15] 2001 – 2006.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (2001.10.15 – 2006.03.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye) (2006.03.15 – 2014.05.21)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (2021.11.24 – ...)

Protosyncelli of Amman and Jerusalem (Armenian Rite)

Bishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B.
(1998 – 2001)

Born:	1920.02.18 (Zahleh, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.09.19
Died:	2010.04.13 († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1971.07.24 – 1994.11.05)

Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ (1971.07.24 – 2010.04.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1988.10.15 – 1989)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan) (1995 – 1998)

Protosyncellus of Amman and Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan) (1998 – 2001)

Patriarchal Exarchs of Jerusalem (Armenian Rite)

Bishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B.
(1995 – 1998)

(see above)

Archimandrite Joseph Rubian
(1992 – 1995)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan) (1992 – 1995)

Fr. Joseph I. Debs
(1991 – 1992)

Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan) (1986 – 1991)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan) (1991 – 1992)

Former Prelates

Patriarchal Vicar: Fr. Joseph I. Debs (1986 – 1991)
Patriarchal Vicar: Fr. Joseph Chaderevian (1978 – 1986)
Patriarchal Vicar: Msgr. Giovanni Gamasargan (1973 – 1978)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Palestine

Damascus (↑), Baghdad (→)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Population: 500 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes

Personnel: 2 priests (religious), 3 religious (3 brothers), 1 seminarian

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