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The early Christian community of Jerusalem was led by a Council of Elders, and considered itself part of the wider Jewish community. [citation needed] This collegiate system of government in Jerusalem is seen in Acts 11:30 and 15:22. Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the ...
In his Church History Eusebius of Caesarea gives the list of these bishops. [1] According to tradition the first bishop of Jerusalem was James the Just, the "brother of the Lord", who according to Eusebius said that he was appointed bishop by the apostles Peter, James (whom Eusebius identifies with James, son of Zebedee), and John.
The Jerusalem Church was an early Christian community located in Jerusalem, of which James and Peter were leaders. According to a universal tradition the first bishop was the Apostle James the Less, the "brother of the Lord". His predominant place and residence in the city are implied by Galatians 1:19.
Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Fellinger (February 26, 1929 – July 22, 1940) vacant (1947–1949) Auxiliary Bishop: Vincent Gelat (April 30, 1948 – January 19, 1968) Alberto Gori (1949–1970) Vicar general: Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. (August 31, 1959 – July 15, 1963) Auxiliary Bishop: Hanna Kaldany (January 4, 1964 – May 14, 1996)
The bishops were of metropolitan rank. [8] In the following list, a date range like 792×818 means "ordained between 792 and 818". Bishops before 793 cannot be dated at all. The list begins with the first bishop elected in opposition to the Council of Chalcedon (451), but the numbering takes into account the earlier bishops of Jerusalem. [9]
Despite the strife, persecutions and meager population, bishops continued to be elected or named. Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the year 324. The first sixteen of these bishops were Jewish—from James the Just to Judas († 135)—and the remainder were Gentiles. [8]
Senecas of Jerusalem was a 2nd century Jewish Christian bishop of Jerusalem. [1] According to Eusebius of Caesarea, there were thirteen bishops of Jerusalem between the fall of the Second Temple and the Bar Kokhba revolt. All were Jewish Christians [2] and he was 10th on that list. He is also mentioned in the Epistle of James to Quadratus. [3]
Justus I Bishop of Jerusalem, whose Jewish name is Judas, was a 2nd-century Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the third Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 107–113 AD. He succeeded Simeon the son of Clopas who died crucified in 107/108, or in 115-117.