H.E. William Shomali Biography

May 15, 1950 Born on in Beit-Sahour (Palestine)

September 05, 1961 Entered the Minor Seminary in Beit Jala

June 24, 1972 Ordained priest in the Co-Cathedral of Jerusalem by Patriarch Jacques Joseph Beltritti

August 1972 Vicar in Zarqa North with Pastor Fr. Mario Furlan

July 24, 1975 Priest in Shatan (Jordan)

1976 Joined Yarmouk University English Literature section in Jordan

1980 Obtained a BA in English Literature

August 1980 Professor at the Major Seminary in Beit Jala and director of the Minor Seminary

1982 Vicar-Rector of the Seminary

September 09, 1985 Study of Liturgy at St. Anselm (Rome)

May 06, 1989 Defended his doctoral thesis and returned to the Seminary in Beit Jala

September 01, 1989 Professor of Liturgy, Vice Rector and Prefect of Studies: sections of philosophy and theology at the Seminary

1995 published a book of songs + parts used in all parishes (seven consecutive editions)

October 1998 General Administrator of the Patriarchate in Jerusalem

September 2005 Rector of the Seminary in Beit Jala

August 2009 Chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

May 27, 2010 Episcopal consecration as auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem in the Basilica of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem

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