The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has released a statement dated March 31, 2022  regarding the Episcopal Consecration of Rev. Canon Rafic Nahra,Titular Bishop of Verbe and Patriarchal Vicar in Israel and the Episcopal Consecration of Rev. Canon Jamal Daibes, Titular Bishop of Patara and Patriarchal Vicar in Jordan.

The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Rafic Nahra will take place on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 5:00pm in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth at the hands of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Principal Consecrator, H.E. Bishop William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar in Jerusalem, and H.E. Thibault Verny, auxiliary bishop of Paris, Co-consecrators.

The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Jamal Daibes will take place on Friday, May 6, 2022, at 10:30am, in the Church of Saint Catherine, next to the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem at the hands Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, H.E. Bishop William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar in Jerusalem, and H.E. Rafic Nahra, Patriarchal Vicar in Israel, Co-consecrators. 

Bishop Nahra will receive the greetings at the Latin Vicariate in Nazareth, next to the Basilica of the Annunciation, on Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3.  Bishop Jamal Daibes will celebrate his first Pontifical Mass on May 8, 2022, at 10:00 am, in the church of the Visitation in Zababdeh, the Holy Land, and will receive the greetings after the Mass.