Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem (Melkite Greek)

Hierosolymitana Melchitarum
Location
CountryPalestine (region)
Ecclesiastical provincePatriarchate of Antioch
Current leadership
PopeFrancis

The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem (Latin: Hierosolymitana Melchitarum) is a branch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church immediately subject to the Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkites. In 2023, Yasser Ayyash is the Vicar Apostolic of the Patriarch Youssef Absi.[1]

Its headquarters is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem.[2]

References

31°46′43″N 35°13′46″E / 31.7786°N 35.2294°E / 31.7786; 35.2294

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