St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph Church is a Roman Catholic church in the German Colony of Haifa, Israel. Administered by the Order of Carmelites, it is the main center of worship for the parish of Haifa within the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Haifa, Israel
- Also known as: “St. Joseph’s Church, Haifa”
- Address: 78 שדרות המגינים, חיפה
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Elijah Cathedral and Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station.
Saint Elijah Cathedral
Church
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St. Elijah Cathedral, also called St. Elias Greek-Melkite Cathedral, is the Melkite cathedral in Haifa, serving the Greek-Catholics of the Byzantine rite making up the majority of Christians in both Haifa and Israel. Saint Elijah Cathedral is situated 220 metres southeast of St. Joseph’s Church.
Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the coastal railway main line and serves the City of Haifa. Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station is situated 390 metres northeast of St. Joseph’s Church.
Dagon Museum
Museum
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Dagon Museum is situated 300 metres northeast of St. Joseph’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include German Colony and Wadi Nisnas.
German Colony
Suburb
Photo: StateofIsrael, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land.
Wadi Nisnas
Suburb
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wadi Nisnas is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the city of Haifa, with a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.
Haifa
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Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the largest city in the north of the country with a population of 282,000. The city is located on Israel's Mediterranean shoreline, on Mount Carmel and at its foot.
St. Joseph’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.82096° or 32° 49′ 15″ northLongitude
34.9935° or 34° 59′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8G4PRXCV+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 190109316OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q12408514
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“St. Joseph’s Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة مار يوسف للّاتين”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית יוסף הקדוש”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט ג’וזף”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Yusuf, Haifa”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Jose”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San José”
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