Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Amaury de Nesle † ( 1158 Appointed - 6 Oct 1180 Died)
• St. Alberto Avogadro † ( 1205 Appointed - 1214 Died)
• Lotario Rosario † ( 1216 Appointed - )
• Jacques Pantaléon † (9 Apr 1255 Appointed - 29 Aug 1261 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Guillaume † (9 Dec 1262 Appointed - )
• Tommaso d’Agni Lentini, O.P. † (19 Mar 1272 Appointed - )
• Elie Pilet † (10 May 1279 Appointed - )
• Nicolas de Hannapes, O.P. † (30 Apr 1288 Appointed - 19 May 1291 Died)
• Rodolfo † (22 Apr 1295 Appointed - 1305 Died)
• Antony Beck † (4 May 1306 Appointed - 3 Mar 1311 Died)
• Raymond Bequin, O.P. † (19 Mar 1324 Appointed - 1329 Died)
• Pierre de Palude, O.P. † (27 Mar 1329 Appointed - 31 Jan 1342 Died)
• Élie di Nabinal, O.F.M. † (12 Jul 1342 Appointed - 20 Sep 1342 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale)
• Guillaume Lamy † (2 Mar 1349 Appointed - 9 Jun 1360 Died)
• Philippe de Cabassole † (18 Aug 1361 Appointed - 22 Sep 1368 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro)
• Guilherme de la Garde † (12 Dec 1371 Appointed - 1375 Died)
• Philippe d’Alençon de Valois † (27 Aug 1375 Appointed - 1380 Removed)
• István de Insula, O.E.S.A. † ( 1379 Appointed - )
• Loup Fernández de Luna † ( 1380 Appointed - 1382 Died)
• Bertrand de Chanac † (30 May 1382 Appointed - 9 Mar 1386 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana)
• Ferdinando † ( 1384 Appointed - )
• Aimone de Séchal † (16 Aug 1385 Appointed - 1404 Died)
• Ugo Roberti † (12 Apr 1396 Appointed - 1409 Died)
• Francisco Jiménez (Ximenes), O.F.M. † (13 Nov 1408 Appointed - 13 Jan 1409 Died)
• Francesco Climent Sapera (Pérez Clemente) † (7 Jun 1419 Appointed - 4 Nov 1429 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• Hugues of Lusignan † ( 1424 Appointed - 27 May 1426 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro)
• Biaggio Molino † (20 Oct 1434 Appointed - 1447 Died)
• Cristoforo Garatoni † ( 1448 Appointed - )
• Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (21 Oct 1449 Appointed - 13 Mar 1458 Resigned)
• Lorenzo Zanni (Zane) † (13 Mar 1458 Appointed - 28 Apr 1473 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)
• Louis d’Harcourt † (18 Jan 1460 Appointed - 14 Dec 1479 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio † ( 1500 Appointed - 1503 Resigned)
• Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † (30 Dec 1503 Appointed - 24 Oct 1511 Removed)
• Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † (27 Jun 1513 Appointed - 20 Feb 1523 Resigned)
• Rodrigo Carvajal † (20 Feb 1523 Appointed - 1539 Died)
• Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (27 Aug 1539 Appointed - 1550 Resigned)
• Cristoforo Spiriti † (28 Feb 1550 Appointed - 5 Nov 1556 Died)
• Antonio Elio † (20 Jul 1558 Appointed - 1576 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † (12 Nov 1576 Appointed - 9 Jan 1584 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati)
• Scipione Gonzaga † (23 Sep 1585 Appointed - 15 Jan 1588 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo)
• Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (8 Jan 1588 Appointed - 6 Dec 1618 Died)
• Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (17 Dec 1618 Appointed - 2 Oct 1645 Died)
• Diofebo Farnese † (17 Mar 1621 Appointed - 1622 Died)
• Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones † (26 Oct 1622 Appointed - 13 Nov 1627 Died)
• Domenico de’ Marini † (15 Nov 1627 Appointed - Feb 1635 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Colonna † (7 Apr 1636 Appointed - 8 Apr 1637 Died)
• Tegrimus Tegrimi † (1 Mar 1638 Appointed - Mar 1641 Died)
• Aegidius Ursinus de Vivere † (15 Apr 1641 Appointed - 17 Apr 1647 Died)
• Camillo Massimi † (15 Dec 1653 Appointed - 23 Feb 1671 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica)
• Egidio (Carlo) Colonna, O.S.B. † (19 Jan 1671 Appointed - 11 Oct 1686 Died)
• Bandino Panciatici † (14 Oct 1689 Appointed - 10 Apr 1690 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione)
• Niccolo Pietro Bargellini † (8 May 1690 Appointed - 24 Sep 1694 Died)
• Francesco Martelli † (21 Jul 1698 Appointed - 25 Jun 1706 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio)
• Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) † (14 May 1708 Appointed - 7 Mar 1728 Died)
• Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. † (29 Apr 1728 Appointed - 14 Jun 1728 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio)
• Pompeio Aldrovandi † (23 Mar 1729 Appointed - 12 Apr 1734 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio)
• Tommaso Cervini † (27 Mar 1734 Appointed - 29 Jul 1751 Died)
• Tommaso de Moncada, O.P. † (20 Sep 1751 Appointed - Oct 1762 Died)
• Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. † (20 Dec 1762 Appointed - 11 Dec 1795 Died)
• Michele Di Pietro † (22 Dec 1800 Appointed - 20 Sep 1802 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via)
• Francesco Maria Fenzi † (23 Sep 1816 Appointed - 9 Jan 1829 Died)
• Paulus Augustus Foscolo † (15 Mar 1830 Appointed - 4 Oct 1847 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria})
• Giuseppe Valerga † (4 Oct 1847 Appointed - 2 Dec 1872 Died)
• Vincenzo Bracco † (21 Mar 1873 Appointed - 19 Jun 1889 Died)
• Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † (28 Aug 1889 Appointed - 24 Jan 1905 Died)
• Filippo Camassei † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 15 Dec 1919 Retired)
• Luigi Barlassina † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 27 Sep 1947 Died)
• Alberto Gori, O.F.M. † (21 Nov 1949 Appointed - 25 Nov 1970 Died)
• Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti † (25 Nov 1970 Succeeded - 11 Dec 1987 Retired)
• Michel Sabbah (11 Dec 1987 Appointed - 21 Jun 2008 Retired)
• Fouad Boutros Twal (21 Jun 2008 Succeeded - 24 Jun 2016 Retired)
• Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (24 Oct 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	32,912	3,120,000	1.1%	59	223	282	116		378	862	52	ap1951
1970	50,071	5,935,350	.8%	69	275	344	145		436	1,148	55	ap1971
1980	56,301			94	266	360	156		472	1,221	63	ap1981
1990	62,955			90	278	368	171		480	1,099	64	ap1991
1998	77,000			75	293	368	209	1	549	1,144	65	ap2001
2002	77,000			78	293	371	207	1	549	1,144	65	ap2003
2004	77,000			79	293	372	206		498	1,144	65	ap2005
2011	161,400			66	348	414	389	1	582	1,076	65	ap2012
2012	161,400			74	348	422	382	4	596	1,076	66	ap2013
2015	293,053			81	383	464	631	9	590	1,062	66	ap2016
2018	313,000			95	385	480	652	9	572	1,032	67	ap2019
2020	327,653			96	396	492	665	9	614	979	68	ap2021
2022	340,166			99	391	490	694	8	636	979	68	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Ilario Antoniazzi (Priest: 24 Jun 1972 to 21 Feb 2013)
• Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (Priest: 13 Jun 1975 to 24 May 2008)
• Kamal Hanna Bathish (Priest: 29 Jun 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1993 to 9 Jun 2007)
• Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes (Priest: 8 Jul 1988; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 2022 to 13 Jan 2024)
• Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (Priest: 24 Jun 1972 to 8 Sep 2005; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jan 2012 to 4 Feb 2017)
• Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo (Priest: 22 Jun 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1993 to 29 Aug 2020)
• Rafic Nahra (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 2022)
• Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (Apostolic Administrator: 24 Jun 2016; Patriarch: 24 Oct 2020 - )
• Michel Sabbah (Priest: 29 Jun 1955; Patriarch: 11 Dec 1987 to 21 Jun 2008)
• Salim Sayegh (Priest: 28 Jun 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Nov 1981 to 19 Jan 2012)
• William Hanna Shomali (Priest: 5 Sep 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Mar 2010)
• Fouad Boutros Twal (Priest: 29 Jun 1966 to 30 May 1992; Coadjutor Archbishop: 8 Sep 2005; Patriarch: 21 Jun 2008 to 24 Jun 2016)
• Iyad Twal (Priest: 9 Jul 1998; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 2024)
• Bruno Varriano, O.F.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jan 2024)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Tommaso d’Agni Lentini, O.P. † (Titular Patriarch: 19 Mar 1272)
• Pompeio Aldrovandi † (Titular Patriarch: 23 Mar 1729 to 12 Apr 1734)
• Philippe d’Alençon de Valois † (Patriarch: 27 Aug 1375 to 1380)
• Pasquale Appodia † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Feb 1891 to 7 Nov 1901)
• St. Alberto Avogadro † (Titular Patriarch: 1205 to 1214)
• Niccolo Pietro Bargellini † (Titular Patriarch: 8 May 1690 to 24 Sep 1694)
• Luigi Barlassina † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Aug 1918; Patriarch: 8 Mar 1920 to 27 Sep 1947)
• Antony Beck † (Titular Patriarch: 4 May 1306 to 3 Mar 1311)
• Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti † (Priest: 15 Apr 1933; Coadjutor Patriarch: 21 Sep 1965; Patriarch: 25 Nov 1970 to 11 Dec 1987)
• Raymond Bequin, O.P. † (Patriarch: 19 Mar 1324 to 1329)
• Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (Titular Patriarch: 8 Jan 1588 to 6 Dec 1618)
• Vincenzo Bracco † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Mar 1866; Patriarch: 21 Mar 1873 to 19 Jun 1889)
• Philippe de Cabassole † (Titular Patriarch: 18 Aug 1361 to 22 Sep 1368)
• Filippo Camassei † (Patriarch: 6 Dec 1906 to 15 Dec 1919)
• Rodrigo Carvajal † (Patriarch: 20 Feb 1523 to 1539)
• Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (Titular Patriarch: 17 Dec 1618 to 2 Oct 1645)
• Tommaso Cervini † (Titular Patriarch: 27 Mar 1734 to 29 Jul 1751)
• Bertrand de Chanac † (Titular Patriarch: 30 May 1382 to 9 Mar 1386)
• Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Aug 1959 to 15 Jul 1963)
• Francesco Climent Sapera (Pérez Clemente) † (Titular Patriarch: 7 Jun 1419 to 4 Nov 1429)
• Egidio (Carlo) Colonna, O.S.B. † (Titular Patriarch: 19 Jan 1671 to 11 Oct 1686)
• Giovanni Battista Colonna † (Titular Patriarch: 7 Apr 1636 to 8 Apr 1637)
• Louis d’Harcourt † (Titular Patriarch: 18 Jan 1460 to 14 Dec 1479)
• Michele Di Pietro † (Titular Patriarch: 22 Dec 1800 to 20 Sep 1802)
• Antonio Elio † (Titular Patriarch: 20 Jul 1558 to 1576)
• Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † (Titular Patriarch: 12 Nov 1576 to 9 Jan 1584)
• Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Titular Patriarch: 27 Aug 1539 to 1550)
• Diofebo Farnese † (Titular Patriarch: 17 Mar 1621 to 1622)
• Franz Fellinger † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Feb 1929 to 22 Jul 1940)
• Francesco Maria Fenzi † (Titular Patriarch: 23 Sep 1816 to 9 Jan 1829)
• Loup Fernández de Luna † (Titular Patriarch: 1380 to 1382)
• Paulus Augustus Foscolo † (Titular Patriarch: 15 Mar 1830 to 4 Oct 1847)
• Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) † (Titular Patriarch: 14 May 1708 to 7 Mar 1728)
• Cristoforo Garatoni † (Titular Patriarch: 1448)
• Vincent Gelat † (Priest: 21 Jun 1908; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Apr 1948 to 19 Jan 1968)
• Scipione Gonzaga † (Titular Patriarch: 23 Sep 1585 to 15 Jan 1588)
• Alberto Gori, O.F.M. † (Patriarch: 21 Nov 1949 to 25 Nov 1970)
• Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. † (Titular Patriarch: 29 Apr 1728 to 14 Jun 1728)
• Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Aug 2003 to 23 Jun 2005)
• Nicolas de Hannapes, O.P. † (Titular Patriarch: 30 Apr 1288 to 19 May 1291)
• István de Insula, O.E.S.A. † (Titular Patriarch: 1379)
• Francisco Jiménez (Ximenes), O.F.M. † (Titular Patriarch: 13 Nov 1408 to 13 Jan 1409)
• Hanna Kaldany † (Priest: 8 Jul 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jan 1964 to 22 Feb 1994)
• Godric Kean † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jul 1924 to Dec 1928)
• Guilherme de la Garde † (Titular Patriarch: 12 Dec 1371 to 1375)
• Guillaume Lamy † (Titular Patriarch: 2 Mar 1349 to 9 Jun 1360)
• Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. † (Titular Patriarch: 20 Dec 1762 to 11 Dec 1795)
• Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † (Titular Patriarch: 30 Dec 1503 to 24 Oct 1511)
• Hugues of Lusignan † (Titular Patriarch: 1424 to 27 May 1426)
• Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones † (Titular Patriarch: 26 Oct 1622 to 13 Nov 1627)
• Domenico de’ Marini † (Titular Patriarch: 15 Nov 1627 to Feb 1635)
• Francesco Martelli † (Titular Patriarch: 21 Jul 1698 to 25 Jun 1706)
• Camillo Massimi † (Titular Patriarch: 15 Dec 1653 to 23 Feb 1671)
• Biaggio Molino † (Titular Patriarch: 20 Oct 1434 to 1447)
• Tommaso de Moncada, O.P. † (Patriarch: 20 Sep 1751 to Oct 1762)
• Élie di Nabinal, O.F.M. † (Titular Patriarch: 12 Jul 1342 to 20 Sep 1342)
• Amaury de Nesle † (Patriarch: 1158 to 6 Oct 1180)
• Pierre de Palude, O.P. † (Titular Patriarch: 27 Mar 1329 to 31 Jan 1342)
• Bandino Panciatici † (Titular Patriarch: 14 Oct 1689 to 10 Apr 1690)
• Jacques Pantaléon † (Patriarch: 9 Apr 1255 to 29 Aug 1261)
• Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † (Patriarch: 28 Aug 1889 to 24 Jan 1905)
• Luigi Piccardo † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1902 to 3 Dec 1917)
• Gormond de Picquigny †
• Elie Pilet † (Titular Patriarch: 10 May 1279)
• Ugo Roberti † (Titular Patriarch: 12 Apr 1396 to 1409)
• Lotario Rosario † (Titular Patriarch: 1216)
• Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio † (Titular Patriarch: 1500 to 1503)
• Aimone de Séchal † (Titular Patriarch: 16 Aug 1385 to 1404)
• Neemeh Simaan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Sep 1965 to 25 May 1981)
• Cristoforo Spiriti † (Titular Patriarch: 28 Feb 1550 to 5 Nov 1556)
• Tegrimus Tegrimi † (Titular Patriarch: 1 Mar 1638 to Mar 1641)
• Giuseppe Valerga † (Patriarch: 4 Oct 1847 to 2 Dec 1872)
• Aegidius Ursinus de Vivere † (Titular Patriarch: 15 Apr 1641 to 17 Apr 1647)
• Lorenzo Zanni (Zane) † (Titular Patriarch: 13 Mar 1458 to 28 Apr 1473)
• Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 21 Oct 1449 to 13 Mar 1458)
• Ferdinando † (Titular Patriarch: 1384)
• Guillaume † (Titular Patriarch: 9 Dec 1262)
• Rodolfo † (Titular Patriarch: 22 Apr 1295 to 1305)

Source(s)

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