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Rafic Nahra (born 27 January 1959) is a Lebanese-French [1] bishop of the Catholic Church, who serves as patriarchal vicar for Israel and auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. From 2017 to 2021, he served as patriarchal vicar for the Hebrew Catholics .
The Catholic Church in Israel ... first Bishop of Jerusalem, c.69; ... c.560 (Feast: 4 April) Sophronius of Jerusalem, patriarch, d.638; Unnamed martyrs
Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Fellinger (February 26, 1929 – July 22, 1940) vacant (1947–1949) Auxiliary Bishop: Vincent Gelat (April 30, 1948 – January 19, 1968) Alberto Gori (1949–1970) Vicar general: Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. (August 31, 1959 – July 15, 1963) Auxiliary Bishop: Hanna Kaldany (January 4, 1964 – May 14, 1996)
Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo (born 24 April 1945, in San Polo di Piave, Italy) is a Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, resident in Nazareth. [1] As at December 2020, he was Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem and Palestine.
Emmaus was very early associated with early Christianity, mentioned in 1 Maccabees [1] Sozomen [2] and Eusebius [3] and in Book of Luke 24:13-35, of the New Testament.. Being a small town only 7.5 mi (12.1 km) from Jerusalem, the village of Emmaus was not initially a bishopric, [4] but rather part of the bishopric of Jerusalem.
He was consecrated bishop on 9 November 2001 by Patriarch Gregory III Laham, assisted by co-consecrators Archbishops Elias Zoghby and Paul Antaki. On 22 June 2001 Zerey was appointed Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria and Synkellos for the Melkite Church in Egypt and Sudan. On 4 June 2008 Zerey was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Jerusalem. During ...
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Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM (born 21 April 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 6 November 2020. [1] A Franciscan friar, he served as Custos of the Holy Land from 2004 to 2016 and as Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate from 2016 to 2020. He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in ...