# Catholic Church in Jordan

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The **Catholic Church in Jordan** is part of the worldwide [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), under the spiritual leadership of the [Pope](/source/Pope) in [Rome](/source/Rome).

In 2023, [Christians](/source/Christians) made up 2.1% of [Jordan](/source/Jordan)'s population.[1] Of these half, or 1.06% of the country's population were Catholics (115,000 people).[2]

Catholics are divided in five Rites:

- 80,000 [Latin Catholics](/source/Latin_Church) (*Patriarchal Vicariate for Jordan* of the [Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem](/source/Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem))

- 32,000 [Melkite Catholics](/source/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church) ([Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman](/source/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Petra_and_Philadelphia_in_Amman))

- 1,500 [Syrian Catholics](/source/Syriac_Catholic_Church) ([Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem](/source/Syriac_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Jerusalem) covers also Jordan)

- 1,000 [Maronite Catholics](/source/Maronite_Church) ([Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan](/source/Maronite_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Jordan))

- 500 [Armenian Catholics](/source/Armenian_Catholic_Church) ([Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman](/source/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Jerusalem_and_Amman) covers also Jordan)

There are also thousands of [Chaldean Catholic](/source/Chaldean_Catholic) ([Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan](/source/Chaldean_Catholic_Territory_Dependent_on_the_Patriarch_of_Jordan)) refugees from Iraq.

The whole of the country for all Melkites forms a single [Archeparchy](/source/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Petra_and_Philadelphia_in_Amman). Jordanian Catholics belonging to the Greek Catholic churches use the [Melkite](/source/Melkite) Rite, these are referred to as "Roum Catholiks" in Jordan (Roum or Rome referring to [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine), while those following the standard rites of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) are referred to as "Lateen" and belong to the [Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem](/source/Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem).

An important Catholic charity in Jordan is [Caritas Jordan](/source/Caritas_Jordan).

## Parishes

There are 32 Latin Catholic parishes in Jordan in 2023.[3] [Melkite Greek Catholic Church](/source/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church) has 28 parishes, Syrian Catholics have 3 parishes, Maronite Catholics have 2 parishes and Armenian Catholics have 1 parish. There are 66 Catholic parishes in all Jordan, belonging to five Catholic traditions.

## Papal visits

There have been 4 papal visits so far to Jordan:

[Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) visited Jordan in 1964, as part of the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

[Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) visited Jordan in 2000.

[Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) visited Jordan in 2009.[4]

[Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) visited Jordan in 2014.

## See also

- [Religion in Jordan](/source/Religion_in_Jordan)

- [Christianity in Jordan](/source/Christianity_in_Jordan)

- [Eastern Orthodoxy in Jordan](/source/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Jordan)

- [Freedom of religion in Jordan](/source/Freedom_of_religion_in_Jordan)

- [St. Joseph's Church](/source/St._Joseph's_Church%2C_Amman)

- [Church of the Redeemer](/source/Church_of_the_Redeemer%2C_Amman)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-US2022_1-0)** [US State Dept 2022 report](https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/colombia)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08](https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/jordan)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Latin Patriarchate Of Jerusalem website, retrieved 2023-08-28"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230906133127/https://www.lpj.org/diocese/parishes-jordan). Archived from [the original](https://www.lpj.org/diocese/parishes-jordan) on 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The National News website, article dated December 31, 2022](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/jordan/2019/01/30/reflecting-on-pope-benedict-xvis-visit-to-jordan-a-decade-ago/)

## External links

- [Profile of the Catholic Church in Jordan](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/jo.html)

- [Latin Patriarchate Of Jerusalem website (2014)](https://web.archive.org/web/20150211173912/http://popefrancisholyland2014.lpj.org/blog/2014/03/08/how-many-catholics-in-the-holy-land/popefrancisholyland2014.lpj.org)

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