Fouad Twal

Fouad Twal (; born 23 October 1940 in Madaba, Jordan ) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2016. He has also served as the Grand Prior of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and President for the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land.

Biography

Fouad Twal was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966. He was appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on 30 May 1992. He was consecrated to the episcopate on 22 July later that year by principal consecrator Patriarch Michel Sabbah. and appointed Twal who was made an archbishop ad personam. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI named him the coadjutor archbishop-patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; he succeeded Michel Sabbah as the Patriarch on 21 June 2008 A week later, he received the pallium from the hands of Pope Benedict XVI at a Mass in Rome's Basilica of Saint Peter.

In June 2016 Pope Francis accepted Twal's resignation as patriarch.

Additional positions Grand Prior of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem President ex officio of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land President ex officio of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions member, Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East member of the following dicastery of the Roman Curia Congregation for the Oriental Churches Pontifical Council for the Family Honours Knight of the Collar of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic) (Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ; Automatically as Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem) Star of the Order of Jerusalem (Palestine) Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Italy Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

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