Total population | |
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c. 500 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Israel | |
Religions | |
Catholic Church | |
Languages | |
Hebrew | |
Prominent Communities: Church of San Giovanni Battista Decollato, also known as "Chiesa della Misericordia" |
Hebrew Catholics (in modern Israeli Hebrew: עברים קתולים Ivrím Katolím) are a movement of Jews who have converted to Catholicism, and Catholics of non-Jewish origin, who choose to keep Mosaic traditions in light of Catholic doctrine. The phrase was coined by Father Elias Friedman (1987), who was himself a converted Jew. In the Holy Land, they are gathered in the Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel.[1]
As of 2013, there were approximately 500 Hebrew Catholics.[2]