The Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in ISRAEL
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The Saint James Vicariate
for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel
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In 1955, Latin Patriarch Alberto Gori approved the establishment of the Work of Saint James the Apostle to respond to the pastoral needs of Hebrew-speaking Catholics. This task was confided to the Vicariate, which was established in 1990 in order to administer the existing Hebrew-speaking Catholic communities, to found new ones for new populations of Hebrew and Russian speaking Catholics in Israel and to develop a Catholic presence in the Hebrew language. The new statutes were approved by the Congregation for Oriental Churches for a period of five years (2013 – 2017), and the approval was prolonged for five more years (2018 – 2022).
Three main challenges face the Hebrew-speaking Vicariate:
- To establish and nurture Hebrew-speaking Catholic communities in the State of Israel for Catholic believers integrated into the life of Israeli Jewish society. Being Catholic in Hebrew within a predominantly Jewish milieu is a new experience in the history of the Church.
- To serve as a bridge between the Universal Church and the people of Israel by strengthening the relationship of Jews and Christians and sharpening the Church’s awareness of her Jewish roots and the Jewish identity of Jesus and the apostles. Our faithful are engaged fully in the life of Israeli Jewish society and in the life of the Catholic Church.
- To bear witness, as an integral part of the Church in the Holy Land, to values of peace and justice, pardon and reconciliation within a context of violence and war.
| Patriarchal Vicar: | Rt. Rev. Rafic Nahra |
| Address: . . |
Saint James Vicariate Saints Simeon and Anne House 10 Rabbi Kook Street |
| Mailing address: | P.O.B.581 9100402 Jerusalem |
| Mobile: 052 512 38 64 | |
| Email: pere.rafic@gmail.com | |
| Website: www.catholic.co.il |
| Beersheba | |
| Pastor: | Rev. Piotr Zelazko |
| Address: | 51 Hashalom Street |
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P.O.B.1321 8411301 Beersheba |
| Tel & Fax: (08) 627 46 14 Mobile: 054 806 14 40 |
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| Email: zelazko.p@gmail.com | |
| Haifa and Nazareth | |
| Chaplain: | Rev. Woitek Radomski |
| Address: . . |
Hebrew-Speaking Community House 26, Meir Street 3505630 Haifa |
| Mobile: 054 421 17 35 | |
| Email: wojtekradomski@gmail.com | |
| Jerusalem | |
| Chaplain: | Rev. Roman Kaminski |
| Address: . |
Saints Simeon and Anne House 10 Rabbi Kook Street |
| Mailing address: . |
P.O.B. 581 9100402 Jerusalem |
| Mobile: 054 265 68 45 | |
| Email: romank76@wp.pl | |
| Tel Aviv-Jaffa | |
| Chaplain: | Rev. Apolinary Szwed, O.F.M. |
| Address: . |
Saint Peter Church Old City of Jaffa |
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P.O.B. 15093 6115002 Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
| Tel: (03) 682 28 71 Fax: (03) 518 16 13 Mobile: 054 445 46 60 |
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| Email: aposzwed@gmail.com | |
| Tiberias | |
| Pastor: | Rev. Giuseppe Di Nardi, KoGB |
| Address: . |
Saint Peter Church Old City of Tiberias |
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P.O.B. 179 – Terra Sancta 1410101 Tiberias |
| Tel: (04) 672 05 16 Fax: (04) 672 09 61 Mobile: (050) 906 19 67 |
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| . | Email: giuseppe@koinoniagb.org |
| Website: www.saintpeterstiberias.org | |
Russian-speaking communities
| Southern Israel | |
| Chaplain: | Rev. Wieslaw Dabrowski, S.D.B |
| Mobile: 054 262 58 98 | |
| Email: wiesdab@vp.pl | |
| Northern Israel | |
| Chaplain: | Rev. Sergey Loktionov |
| Mobile: 054 547 86 95 | |
| Email: frsergeylok@gmail.com | |
