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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title possessed by the Latin Rite Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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Archbishop

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of Jerusalem. The Archdiocese of Jerusalem has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel

Israel

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, the Palestinian Territories

Palestinian territories

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, Jordan

Jordan

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and Cyprus

Cyprus

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. In Jerusalem, the Catholic community is the largest Christian community, with some 4,500 people out of an estimated Christian population of about 11,000. Since June 2008, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has been Fouad Twal

Fouad Twal

Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008.He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966. After his ordination he was the vicar of Ramallah. In 1972 he entered the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied for a doctorate in canon law. ...

. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem also holds the office of Grand Prior of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...

.

In the Catholic Church, the title Patriarch

Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...

is customarily reserved to the highest ranking bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of four bishops of the Latin Rite to be called a patriarch, the others being the Patriarchs of Venice

Patriarch of Venice

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, Lisbon

Patriarch of Lisbon

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and the East Indies

Patriarch of the East Indies

The Titular Patriarch of the East Indies in the Catholic hierarchy is the title of the Archbishop of Goa and Damão in India; another title of his is that of the Primate of the East. Unlike the patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches sui juris, the Patriarch of the East Indies enjoys a purely...

(Goa, India). These 'minor patriarchs' are bishops whose see has as a permanent privilege the honorific title of patriarch. The honorary patriarchal titles Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

The Latin Patriarch of Constantinople was an office established as a result of Crusader activity in the Near East. The title should not be confused with that of the Patriarch of Constantinople, an office which existed before and after....

, Alexandria

Latin Patriarch of Alexandria

This is a list of The Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria established in 1215 during the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. This titular office was abolished in 1964. His patriachal seat in Rome was the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls....

and Antioch

Latin Patriarch of Antioch

The Latin Patriarch of Antioch was an office created in 1098 by Bohemund, founder of the Principality of Antioch, one of the crusader states....

were abolished in 1964. The title of Patriarch of Jerusalem is also used by the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 2005, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has been Theophilos III...

and the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.

Crusader patriarchate

In 1054, the Great Schism

East–West Schism

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split Christianity into the Eastern Orthodox Church

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- which consisted of the four Orthodox Christian Patriarchs of Antioch

Patriarch of Antioch

Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional "overseer" of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in the church from its earliest period...

, Jerusalem

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

, Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarch is the Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome – ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox communion, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....

and Alexandria

Patriarch of Alexandria

The Patriarch of Alexandria is the Archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation of Pope , and did so earlier than that of the Bishop of Rome...

- under the jurisdiction of Constantinople

Constantinople

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and the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

- which consisted of the Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

of Rome. All Christians in the Holy Land came under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem , also known as the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is an autocephalous Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity. Headed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, it is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of...

.

In 1099, the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, set up the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Catholic kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. The kingdom lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, was destroyed by the Mamluks, but its history is divided into two distinct periods....

and established a Latin hierarchy under a Latin Patriarch, and expelled the Orthodox Patriarch. The Latin Patriarchate was divided into four archdioceses - their heads bearing the titles of Archbishop of Tyre

Archbishop of Tyre

The Archbishop of Tyre was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades and was established to serve the Roman Catholic members of the diocese....

, Archbishop of Caesarea

Archbishop of Caesarea

The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades. The Bishop of Caesarea became metropolitan of Palestine in the early 3rd century but after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 he was subordinate to the Patriarch of Jerusalem...

, Archbishop of Nazareth

Archbishop of Nazareth

The Archbishop of Nazareth was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.The ancient diocese was located at Scythopolis, known as Bethsan to the crusaders. It was the metropolis of Palaestina Secunda. After Nazareth was captured following the First Crusade,...

, and Archbishop of Petra

Archbishop of Petra

The Archbishop of Petra was established during the Crusader era and served the diocese of Palaestrina III, the Oultrejordain area, and traditionally included St...

- and a number of suffragan diocese

Suffragan Diocese

A suffragan diocese is a diocese in the Catholic Church that is overseen not only by its own diocesan bishop but also by a metropolitan bishop. The metropolitan is always an archbishop who governs his own archdiocese...

s. The Latin Patriarch took over control of the Latin quarter of the city of Jerusalem (the Holy Sepulchre and the immediate surroundings), and had as his direct suffragans the bishops of Lydda-Ramla

Lydda (titular see)

Lydda is a Catholic titular see. The city of Lydda was in Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.-History:It was the Biblical Lod, founded by Samad of the tribe of Benjamin...

, Bethlehem

Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank of the Jordan River, near Israel and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism...

, Hebron

Hebron (titular see)

Hebron is a Catholic titular see; it was a medieval episcopal see during the Crusader period.-History:Eusebius calls Hebron merely as a large hamlet. It contains the tomb of the patriarchs, mentioned by Josephus, by Eusebius, and by the Pilgrim of Bordeaux in 333...

, and Gaza

Gaza

Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...

, and the abbots of the Temple

Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as , and in Arabic as the Haram Ash-Sharif , is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years...

, Mount Sion

Mount Sion

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, and the Mount of Olives

Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters . It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes...

.

The Latin Patriarch resided in Jerusalem from 1099 to 1187, while Orthodox Patriarchs continued to be appointed, but resided in Constantinople

Constantinople

. In 1187, the Crusaders were forced to flee Jerusalem, and the Latin Patriarchy moved to Acre

Acre, Israel

Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....

, while the Orthodox Patriarch returned to Jerusalem. The Catholic Church continued to appoint Latin Patriarchs. The Crusader Kingdom endured almost 200 years until the last vestiges of the Kingdom were conquered by the Mamluks in 1291, and the Latin hierarchy was effectively eliminated in the Levant. With the fall of Acre, the Latin Patriarch moved to Cyprus

Cyprus

in 1291. From 1374, the Catholic Church continued to appoint titular

Titular bishop

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...

Patriarchs of Jerusalem, who were based at the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome

Rome

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.

In 1342, Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...

officially committed the care of the Holy Land to the Franciscans and the Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

Custos of the Holy Lands (The Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Order of the Holy Sepulchre

) held the title ex officio under the Papal bull

Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....

Gratiam agimus by Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...

, unless someone was specifically appointed to the honorary office.

Modern patriarchate

A resident Latin Patriarch was re-established in 1847 by Pius IX, with Bishop Joseph Valerga being appointed to the office. Though officially superseding the Franciscans, Valerga was also the Grand Master of the Order. On Valerga's death in 1872, Vincent Braco was appointed, and following his death in 1889, the Ottoman Sultan authorised the re-establishment of a Latin hierarchy. The Grand Masters of the Order continued to be named as Latin Patriarchs until 1905.

In 1987, Michel Sabbah

Michel Sabbah

Michel Sabbah was the Archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008.Sabbah began his priestly studies at the Latin Patriarchal Seminary of Beit Jala in October 1949 and was ordained a priest for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in June 1955. He was a parish priest for a few...

became the first native Palestinian

Palestinian people

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to be appointed Latin Patriarch. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is now the diocesan bishop

Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop — in general — is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, assistant bishops, coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, metropolitans, and primates....

of Latin Catholics of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem and has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, the Occupied Palestinian territories, Jordan

Jordan

and Cyprus

Cyprus

. Since 2008, the Patriarch has been Fouad Twal

Fouad Twal

from Jordan.

The Co-Cathedral

Co-cathedral

A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of Bath and Wells, and of Coventry and Lichfield, hence the names of these dioceses...

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is the principal, or "mother" Church of the Latin Patriarchate, the church in which the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has his official chair (cathedra). However, the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre has the title of cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

of the patriarchate. The residence of the Patriarch is in the Old City of Jerusalem, near the Co-Cathedral, while the seminary

Seminary

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, which is responsible for the liturgical

Liturgy

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education, is in Beit Jala

Beit Jala

Beit Jala is an Arab Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. Beit Jala is located 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at altitude...

, a town 10 km south of Jerusalem, where it has been since 1936.

The prerogatives of the Patriarch in his relation with government authorities overlap with the prerogatives of the Vatican

Holy See

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Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

The Apostolic Nuncio to Israel is the holder of a diplomatic position within the Vatican, who acts as nuncio of the Holy See to the State of Israel.-History:...

, following the Fundamental Agreement between Israel and the Vatican signed on 30 December 1993, and Apostolic delegate to the Palestinian Authority.

List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Arnulf of Chocques
Arnulf of Chocques
Arnulf Malecorne of Chocques was a leader among the clergy during the First Crusade, and was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and from 1112 to 1118....

(1099)
Dagobert of Pisa
Dagobert of Pisa
Dagobert was the first Archbishop of Pisa and the second Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade.-Early life:...

(1099–1102)
Ehremar
Ehremar
Ehremar or Ebramar or Evremar was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1102 to 1105 or 1107, and then Archbishop of Caesarea.Ehremar was a priest from Thérouanne in France who in old age went east with the First Crusade...

(1102–1105)
Dagobert of Pisa
Dagobert of Pisa
Dagobert was the first Archbishop of Pisa and the second Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade.-Early life:...

(restored) (1105)
Ghibbelin of Arles
Ghibbelin of Arles
Ghibbelin of Sabran was Archbishop of Arles , papal legate , and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem ....

(1107–1112)
Arnulf of Chocques
Arnulf of Chocques
Arnulf Malecorne of Chocques was a leader among the clergy during the First Crusade, and was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and from 1112 to 1118....

(re-appointed) (1112–1118)
Garmond of Picquigny (1119–1128)
Stephen of La Ferté
Stephen of La Ferté
Stephen of La Ferté was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1128 until his death in 1130. He was a French priest, abbot of Saint-Jean-en-Vallée at Chartres, and related to Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem....

(1128–1130)
William of Malines
William of Malines
William of Malines or Messines was the first medieval Archbishop of Tyre from 1128 to 1130 and thereafter Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death...

(1130–1145)
Fulk of Angoulême
Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem
Fulk or Fulcher of Angoulême was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1146 to his death in 1157.Fulk came from Angoulême. According to William of Tyre, he was "religious and God-fearing, possessed of little learning, but a faithful man and a lover of discipline." In France he had been abbot of...

(1146–1157)
Amalric of Nesle
Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem
Amalric of Nesle was a French prelate from Nesle in Picardy. He was Prior of the Holy Sepulcher by 1151. He was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem by 1158 to 1180. He died October 6, 1180 in Palestine.-References:...

(1157–1180)
Heraclius
Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem
Heraclius or Eraclius , was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.Heraclius was from the Gévaudan in Auvergne, France. Like his later rival William of Tyre he studied law at the University of Bologna: his contemporaries and friends included Stephen of Tournai and Gratian...

(1180–1191)

Jerusalem lost in 1187; seat of the Patriarch moved to Acre.

- vacant (1191–1194)
Aimaro Monaco dei Corbizzi (1194–1202)
Soffredo Errico Gaetani (1202–1204)
Albert Avogadro
Albert Avogadro
Saint Albert Avogadro was a canon lawyer who served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1204 until his death.Born in Parma, Albert was educated in theology and law and served as Bishop of Bobbio until 1184, when he was appointed Bishop of Vercelli. He served the Papacy as a mediator and diplomat...

(1204–1214)
Raoul of Merencourt
Raoul of Merencourt
Raoul of Merencourt was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1214 to 1225. He succeeded the assassinated Albert Avogadro....

(1214–1225)
Gerald of Lausanne (1225–1238)
- vacant (1238–1240); Jacques de Vitry
  Jacques de Vitry
  Jacques de Vitry was a theologian chronicler and cardinal from 1229 – 40.He was born in central France and studied at the University of Paris, becoming a regular canon in 1210 at the church of Saint-Nicolas d'Oignies in the Diocese of Liège, a post he maintained until 1216...
  
  appointed but never served
Robert of Nantes (1240–1254)
Jacques Pantaléon
Pope Urban IV
Pope Urban IV , born Jacques Pantaléon, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a cardinal, and there have been several Popes since him who have not been Cardinals, including Urban V and Urban VI.-Biography:...

(1255–1261), future Pope Urban IV of Rome
William II of Agen
William II of Agen
William II of Agen was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1261-1270. Among other things, he was tasked by Pope Urban IV in 1263 by the papal bull Exultavit cor nostrum to investigate the legitimacy of an alleged ambassador with the Mongol Empire, John the Hungarian.-References:* Peter Jackson,...

(1261–1270)
Thomas Agni of Cosenza (1271–1277)
John of Versailles (1278–1279)
Elijah (1279–1287)
Nicholas of Hanapes (1288–1294)

Acre lost in 1291; moved to Cyprus then Rome after 1374; only honorary patriarchs until 1847.

unknown
Antony Bek (1306–1311), also Prince-Bishop of Durham in England from 1284 to 1310
unknown

The Franciscan

Franciscan

Custodian of the Holy Land

The Custodian of the Holy Land is an officer of the Franciscan order, appointed by the General Definitorium of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, with the approval of the Vatican. The Custodian, or Custos, is the head of all Franciscans in the Holy Land...

held the title from 1342 to 1830 under the Papal bull

Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....

Gratiam agimus by Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...

. The bull declared the Franciscans as the official custodians of the Holy Places in the name of the Catholic Church, "unless someone was specifically appointed in the honorary office".

Peter Paludanus
Peter Paludanus
Peter Paludanus was a French theologian and archbishop....

(1329–1342)
Elie de Nabinal (1342–1348)
Philippe de Cabassole (died 1372)
Philippe d'Alençon (died 1397)
Bertrande de Chanac (?-1401?)
- unknown
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. He has been called one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’....

(1500–1503)
Rodrigo de Carvajal (1523–1539)
- unknown
Gian Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce
Pope Innocent IX
Pope Innocent IX , born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was Pope from 29 October 1591 to his death on 30 December of the same year...

(1572–1585), future Pope Innocent IX of Rome
Scipione Gonzaga
Scipione Gonzaga
Scipione Gonzaga was an Italian Cardinal.Born in Mantua, he belonged to the family of the Dukes of Sabbioneta, passed his youth under the care of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, and made rapid progress in Greek and Latin studies...

(1585?-?)
Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.Cennini de' Salamandri was born 21 November 1566 in Sarteano into a noble family of Marquises of Castiglioncello del Trinoro...

(1618–1645)
- vacant or unknown
Camillo Massimo
Camillo Massimo
Camillo Massimo was an Italian cardinal in 17th century Rome, best remembered as a major patron of Baroque artists such as Pouissin, Lorrain, Velázquez, Duquesnoy, Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cosimo Fancelli....

(1653–1677)
Bandino Panciatici (1689-1698?)
Francesco Martelli
Francesco Martelli
Francesco Martelli was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.-Biography:Martelli was born in Florence of a patrician family....

(1698-1717?)
- unknown
Vincent Louis Gotti
Vincent Louis Gotti
Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti was a Cardinal and theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.Gotti was born in Bologna. Educated by Jesuits, he entered the Dominican Order at the age of sixteen. After studies in Salamanca in Spain, he was assigned to various posts teaching theology and philosophy first in...

(1728–1729)
Pompeo Aldrovandi
Pompeo Aldrovandi
Not to be confused with the Baroque painter Pompeo AldrovandiniPompeo Aldrovandi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.-Biography:...

(1729–1734)
Thomas Cervini (1734–1751)
Thomas de Moncada (1751–1762)
Georgius Maria Lascaris (1762–1795)
- vacant (1795–1800)
Michele di Pietro
Michele di Pietro
Michele di Pietro J.U.D. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. He was an uncle of Cardinal Camillo di Pietro.-Biography:Michele di Pietro was born in Albano Laziale,...

(1800–1821)
Francesco Maria Fenzi (1816–1829)
Augustus Foscolo (1830–1847), later Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
This is a list of The Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria established in 1215 during the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. This titular office was abolished in 1964. His patriachal seat in Rome was the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls....

, 1847–1860

Restoration of resident Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem in 1847.

Joseph Valerga (1847–1872)
Vincent Braco (1872–1889)

Latin patriarchate hierarchy re-established in 1889.

Luigi Piavi (1889–1905)
- vacant (1905–1906)
Filippo Camassei
Filippo Camassei
Filippo Camassei was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1919, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1919.-Biography:...

(1906–1919)
Luigi Barlassina (1920–1947)
- vacant (1947–1949)
Alberto Gori (1949–1970)
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti
Jordyn Bellitto was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1970 to 1987....

(1970–1987)
Michel Sabbah
Michel Sabbah
Michel Sabbah was the Archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008.Sabbah began his priestly studies at the Latin Patriarchal Seminary of Beit Jala in October 1949 and was ordained a priest for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in June 1955. He was a parish priest for a few...

(1987–2008)
Fouad Twal
Fouad Twal
Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008.He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966. After his ordination he was the vicar of Ramallah. In 1972 he entered the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied for a doctorate in canon law. ...

(2008- )

External links

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem website
List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem by Giga-Catholic Information
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgeru.html, Catholic Hierarchy website
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20000326_holy-sepulchre_en.html Homily of John Paul II in the church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Crusader patriarchate

Modern patriarchate

List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem

See also

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