Fouad Twal


  • Fouad Twal
  • البطريرك فؤاد طوال
Archbishop, Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins
ArchdioceseJerusalem
ProvinceJerusalem
SeeJerusalem
Appointed8 September 2005 (Coadjutor)
Installed22 June 2008
Term ended24 June 2016
PredecessorMichel Sabbah
SuccessorPierbattista Pizzaballa
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination29 June 1966
Consecration22 July 1992
by Michel Sabbah
Personal details
Born (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 (age 83)
Madaba, Emirate of Transjordan
(present-day Jordan)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous post(s)
MottoParatum cor meum
My heart is ready
(Psalm 107)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Patriarch Fouad Twal
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylen/a

Fouad Twal (Arabic: البطريرك فؤاد طوال; born 23 October 1940 in Madaba, Jordan[1]) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as Latin Patriarchate 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.

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Fouad Twal". Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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