The Archdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia (Latin name), another name - “The Archdiocese of Petra, Philadelphia and the whole of Transjordan” (name in the Melkit Catholic Church) ( Latin Archieparchia Petrensis et Philadelphiensis ) - the archdiocese of Melkit Catholic Church with the center in the city of Amordania . Extends its jurisdiction over the entire territory of Jordan. The cathedral is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The own archdiocese of the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch .
| Archdiocese of Petra and Philadelphia | |
|---|---|
| Archieparchia petrensis et philadelphiensis | |
| Byzantine rite | |
| Main city | Amman |
| A country |  Jordan |
| Established | May 2, 1932 |
| Cathedral | St. George's Cathedral |
| Parishes | 28 |
| The number of Catholics | 27,000 people |
Content
History
After the Council of Nicaea in 325 in Palestine in 358, three church districts formed that coincided with the territories of the Roman provinces of the same name: First Palestine , Second Palestine and Third Palestine . The church province of First Palestine included temples located near Jerusalem . The Second Palestine included temples located in the vicinity of the ancient city of Skifopolis, and the Third Palestine included temples located near the ancient cities of Peter and Philadelphia (modern territory of Jordan) [1] .
Until 1932, the northern part of modern Jordan was part of the Melkite archdiocese of Bosra and Hauran . At the beginning of the 20th century, various missions of the Latin Jerusalem Patriarch and Melkite missionaries from the Archdiocese of Akka and the Archdiocese of Jerusalem were created on the territory of modern Jordan.
On May 2, 1932, Pope Pius XI issued the bull Apostolica Sedes, which established the diocese of Transjordan for believers in the Melkite Catholic Church. During the creation of the archdiocese, an administrative dispute took place between the Holy See and the Melkite Patriarch. Pius XI wanted the new archdiocese to be administratively subordinate to the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and the Melkite patriarch would only be in the position of administrator. The patriarch insisted that the new archdiocese should be part of the patriarchate. The administrative crisis also caused the name of the new church structure: the term "Transjordan" in relation to church structures at that time also belonged to some other dioceses of the Eastern Catholic churches and the bull did not determine which of them has priority in relation to this name.
On June 5, 1932, Patriarch Cyril IX ordained Paul Salman in Cairo as bishop with the title "Metropolitan of Petra, Philadelphia and the whole of Transjordan." The title of the title mentioned the names of the two ancient cities of Peter and Philadelphia, which in the first centuries of Christianity were the departments of ancient eastern dioceses ( Diocese of Philadelphia of Arabia and the Archdiocese of Petra ). The new archdiocese began to wear the name of these two ancient cities in the Melkite Catholic Church from that day, with the term “Transiordania” mentioned.
Statistics
There are currently 28 parishes in the archdiocese. According to the 2013 Vatican Handbook Annuario Pontificio , there were about 27 thousand parishioners in the diocese at the end of 2007, 29 priests (of which 24 were diocesan and 5 were religious), 8 monks and 24 nuns [2] .
The archdiocese provides the maintenance of several secondary schools [1] :
- Amman is a college for girls named after Jabal al-Hussein.
- Irbid is a mixed primary and secondary school.
- Zarka is a general school run by a member of the monastic congregation of Salvatorians.
Archbishops
- Pavel Salman (2.05.1932 - 1.07.1948);
- Mikhail Assaf (09/19/1948 - 08/10/1970);
- Saba Yuakim BS [3] (10/15/1970 - 08/24/1992);
- George El-Murr BC (08/26/1992 - 06/18/2007);
- Yasser Ayash (06/21/2007 - 04/14/2015).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Archiéparchie de Pétra, Philadelphie et toute la Transjordanie
- ↑ Statistics
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
Literature
- Apostolica Sedes , AAS 25 (1933), p. 25
- Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. IX, Parigi 1937, coll. 1403-1404