Hebrew-speaking Catholics
St. James Vicariate
Serving the Hebrew-speaking Catholic communities of Israel since 1955.
Give to This FundAn autonomous Vicariate within the Latin Patriarchate
The Association of Saint James was founded in 1955 as a Catholic association dedicated to developing Hebrew-speaking Catholic communities in the State of Israel. Saint James was the head of the Jerusalem community of believers in Jesus at the time of the Apostles. A pious Jew, he worked to establish a community made up of Jews and non-Jews, united in their common faith in Jesus as the Messiah (Acts 15).
Today Hebrew-speaking communities are active in the six major Israeli cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Haifa, Beer Sheba, Tiberias and Nazareth, and the Vicariate includes communities of Russian-speaking faithful. Its priests and faithful work closely with the Coordination of the Pastoral for Migrants in Israel, ensuring pastoral and catechetical service to the large Roman Catholic migrant communities spread throughout the country.
Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15
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