Catholic Ordinaries of Holy Land Meet in Jerusalem 2024

The main topics during the meeting of the Assembly were among others: the preparation to the Jubilee Year, the activities of the Legal office and Safeguarding office, the episcopal commissions. Fr. Piotr, the Vicar of St. James is a member of the Association and took part in the meeting. He was chosen the President of the Episcopal Commission for the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue.

Since its foundation in 1992, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries in Holy Land (ACOHL) has brought together the Bishops/Eparchs/Exarchs of the Catholic Church holding jurisdiction over the territory of the Holy Land: Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus.

Catholic Ordinaries belong to:

•  The Latin Church,
• The Greek Melkite Catholic Church,
• The Maronite Church,
• The Armenian Catholic Church,
• The Syriac Catholic Church
• The Chaldean Catholic Church

President:

H.B. Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Patriarch of Jerusalem for Latins

Vice-President:

H.E. Msgr. Yousef Matta

Greek Melkite Cath. Archbishop of Akka

Members:

H.E. Msgr. Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.

Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land

H.E. Msgr. Joseph Gébara

Greek Melkite Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia

H.E. Msgr. Selim Sfeir

Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus

H.E. Msgr. Yaser Al-Ayyash

Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem

H.E. Msgr. Yacoub Ephrem Semaan

Syro-Catholic Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem

Rt. Rev. Narek Louis Namo

Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem

H.E. Msgr. William H. Shomali

Auxiliary Bishop – Vicar General of the LPJ

Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem & Palestine

Rev. Fr.  Jihad Shweihat

Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan

H.E. Msgr. Rafic Nahra

Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Israel

H.E. Msgr. Bruno Varriano, OFM

Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Cyprus

Rt. Rev. Piotr Zelazko

Patriarchal Vicar for Saint James Vicariate

Rt. Rev. Francesco Patton, OFM

Custos of the Holy Land

Rt. Rev. Zaid A. Habbaba

Chaldean Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan

Rt. Rev. Fr. Matthew Coutinho SDB

Vicar for Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Israel,

Rev. Sr. Bruna Fasan,

Representative of the female religious

Rev. Fr. David Steffy, LC

Representative of the male religious 

General Secretary:

Rev. Marcelo Gallardo, IVE