Denomination Catholic (Melkite Greek) |
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The St. George's Cathedrall or also Greek-Melkite Cathedral of St. George is the name given to a Catholic religious building of the Melkite or Byzantine Greek rite under the authority of the Pope in Rome, located on the street Mansour, the city of Amman, the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.
It serves as the headquarters of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman (Archieparchia Petrensis et Philadelphiensis) that was created on May 2, 1932 as Archeparchy of Transjordan with the Bull Apostolica Sedes of Pope Pius XI.
Pope Benedict XVI visited on May 9, 2009.
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