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Archdiocese of

Petra and Philadelphia

Jordan Jordan

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Archdiocese

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

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History

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Archbishop ([2007.06.23] 2007.06.26 – ...):Archbishop Yasser Ayyach (56)Archbishop Yasser Ayyach (56)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Petra and Philadelphia (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Yasser Ayyach (56)Archbishop Yasser Ayyach (56)
(2007.06.26 – ...)

Born:1955.12.04 (Jordan)
Ordained Priest:1987.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:2007.10.13

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) ([2007.06.23] 2007.06.26 – ...)

Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (81)Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. (81)
(1992.08.26 – 2007.06.23)

Born:1930.10.11 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1958.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1992.10.23

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (1992.08.26 – 2007.06.23)

Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (1997 – 2007.06.23)

Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S.
(1970.10.15 – 1992.08.24)

Born:1914.06.02 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1939.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1968.09.29
Died:2003.03.06 († 88)

Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis (1968.09.09 – 1970.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1968.09.09 – 1970.10.15)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (1970.10.15 – 1992.08.24)

Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf
(1948.09.19 – 1970.08.10)

Born:1887.10.27 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1912.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1948.10.10
Died:1970.08.10 († 82)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (1948.09.19 – 1970.08.10)

Archbishop Paolo Salman
(1933.03.13 – 1948.07.01)

Born:1886.01.25 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:1911.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1932.06.05
Died:1948.07.01 († 62)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) ([1932.05.02] 1933.03.13 – 1948.07.01)


as of 2012.05.13

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