Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - IX

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VIII / Mgr Fouad Twal - Patriarch from 2008 to 2016

October 23, 1940: Born Fouad Boutros Ibrahim Twal in Madaba, Jordan
October 1959: Entered the Patriarchal Seminary in Beit Jala
June 29, 1966: Ordained priest
August 1966: Parochial Vicar of the Latin parish of the Holy Family in Ramallah, Palestine
January 1967: Parish Priest of St. George in Irbid, Jordan
June 1968: Parish Priest of Mary Mother of the Church in Marka, Jordan
September 1972: Began Canon Law studies at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome
1974: Admitted to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and promised a diplomatic mission
1976: Obtained doctorate in Canon Law with thesis on the Traditional Bedouin Law
1977: Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See
1978: Appointed Chargé d’Affaires at the Nunciature of Honduras
1982: Appointed to the Council for Political Affairs of the Secretariat of State
1985: First secretary of the Nunciature in Egypt (Cairo)
1988: Adviser of the Apostolic Nunciature in Germany (Bonn)
1990: Adviser of the Apostolic Nunciature in Peru (Lima)
May 30, 1992: Appointed Bishop-Prelate of Tunis
1994: Elevated to Archbishop of Tunis
2003: Appointed Chairman of the Bishops’ Conference of the Northern Region of Africa (CERNA)
September 2005: Appointed by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Coadjutor Archbishop of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
March 14, 2006: Elected President of Bethlehem University
January 29, 2007: Appointed member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue
June 21, 2008- 24 June 2016: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
March 8, 2009: Appointed member of the Congregation for Eastern Churches
September 10, 2009: Appointed member of the Presidential Committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
July 15, 2016: Handing over to the new Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop designate Pierbattista Pizzaballa