Catholic dioceses in the Holy Land and Cyprus is a multi-rite, international episcopate in
Israel and
Cyprus.
History
The only Latin hierarch, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who outranks all others, sits in the
Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions, whereas the Eastern Catholic Bishops partake in rite-specific synods.
There is an
Apostolic Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine as papal diplomatic representation (under embassy-level) in
Jerusalem, an
Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) in
Amman, an Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) to Cyprus (in
Nicosia), an Apostolic Nunciature to Israel in
Jaffa.
Byzantine Rite, as titular Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem, ex officio holding the style of Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem
Catholic dioceses in the Holy Land and Cyprus is a multi-rite, international episcopate in
Israel and
Cyprus.
History
The only Latin hierarch, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who outranks all others, sits in the
Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions, whereas the Eastern Catholic Bishops partake in rite-specific synods.
There is an
Apostolic Delegation to Jerusalem and Palestine as papal diplomatic representation (under embassy-level) in
Jerusalem, an
Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) in
Amman, an Apostolic Nunciature (embassy-level) to Cyprus (in
Nicosia), an Apostolic Nunciature to Israel in
Jaffa.
Byzantine Rite, as titular Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem, ex officio holding the style of Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem