Fouad Twal
His Beatitude
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| Archbishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins | |
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| Archdiocese | Jerusalem |
| Province | Jerusalem |
| See | Jerusalem |
| Appointed | 8 September 2005 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | 22 June 2008 |
| Term ended | 24 June 2016 |
| Predecessor | Michel Sabbah |
| Successor | Sede vacante |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1966 |
| Consecration | 22 July 1992 by Michel Sabbah |
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23 October 1940 Madaba, Jordan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Paratum cor meum My heart is ready (Psalm 107) |
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| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | n/a |
Fouad Twal (Arabic: البطريرك فؤاد طوال) (born 23 October 1940 in Madaba, Jordan) is the emeritus Archbishop and Patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, having been its ordinary 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.
Fouad Twal was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966. After his ordination he was the vicar of Ramallah. In 1972 he entered the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied for a doctorate in canon law, which he was awarded in 1975. 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. On 31 May 1995, Pope John Paul II gave the Tunis territorial prelature diocesan status, creating the Diocese of Tunis, and appointed as Twal 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 and was enthroned Jerusalem's Basilica Co-Cathedral of the Holy Sepulcher the next day. A week later, he received the pallium from the hands of Pope Benedict XVI at a Mass in Rome's Basilica of Saint Peter.
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