The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan
Archeparchy
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(Eastern Catholic
archdiocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
) of the
Armenian Catholic Church
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, covering
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
.
It is directly dependent of the
Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia
This is a list of the Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia, officially the Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics. The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia was established in 1740 following a schism within the A ...
, but not part of his Metropolitan
ecclesiastical province
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.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is the Cathedral of
Our Lady of Nareg, in the Iraqi national capital
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
, after which the archeparchy s colloquially known as Baghdad of the Armenians.
History
It was established on 29 June 1954, on territory split off from the (now titular)
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin
The Archeparchy of Mardin was a non-metropolitan Archeparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church, covering Turkey and Iraq.
History
* 1708: Established on territory split off from the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Cilicia.
* June 29, 1954: fr ...
(which simultaneously lost territory to establish the
Eparchy of Kameshli (Al-Qamishli, in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
), and was itself suppressed in 1972), whose Eparch was transferred to the Baghdad daughter see.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Non-Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Baghdad of the Armenians.''
* Nersès Tayroyan (1954.06.29 – 1972.10.01), previously Archbishop of mother archeparchy
Mardin of the Armenians
Mardin was a diocese of the Chaldean Church from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The diocese lapsed in 1941. Prior to this, it was a diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East, from which the Chaldean Catholic Church originated.
Backg ...
(1940.05.03 – 1954.06.29), emeritate as
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Melitene of the Armenians (1972.10.01 – death 1986.08.04)
*
Hovhannes Kasparian
Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, I.P.C.B. (in Armenian Յովհաննէս Պետրոս ԺԸ Գասպարեան) English: John Petros XVIII Kasparian, French: Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian (20 January 1927 – 16 January 2011) was the Armenian ...
,
I.C.P.B. (1972.12.06 – 1982.08.05), later Patriarch of
Cilicia of the Armenians
The Patriarchate of Cilicia ( la, Patriarchatus Ciliciae Armenorum) is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the only patriarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church of the Catholic Church. The territorial jurisdiction of that Patriarch of Cilicia is th ...
(Lebanon) (
982.08.051982.08.07 – 1999.09.08), President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1982.08.07 – 1999.09.08)
*
Paul Coussa
Paul Coussa (9 September 1917 – 7 July 2012) was a Syrian born Iraqi prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church.
Born in Alep, Syria, he was ordained a priest in 1941, aged 23. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Antioch Syrian diocese ...
(1983.06.27 – retired 2001.10.13), previously
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Colonia in Armenia
Colonia or Koloneia, also called Colonia in Armenia ( hy, Կոլոնիա) to distinguish it from other towns of the same name, was a town of ancient Lesser Armenia, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times. It became important enoug ...
of the Armenians (1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27) &
Patriarchal Exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and ea ...
of
Syria of the Armenians
The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Syria (Syria of the Armenians) was a short-lived (1983-1997) pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in Syria.
History
Established in 1983 as P ...
(Syria) (1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27)
*''
Apostolic Administrator
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Andon Atamian (2001–2006)
*
Emmanuel Dabbaghian
Archbishop Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. ( hy, Էմանուել Դաբանագյան; 26 December 1933 – 13 September 2018) was a Syrian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch. He served as an archbishop of Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad fr ...
,
I.C.P.B. (2007.01.26 – 2017)
See also
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Catholic Church in Iraq
There are over 300,000 Catholics living in Iraq, just 0.95% of the total population. The Catholics of Iraq follow several different rites, but most are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. There are 17 currently active dioceses and eparchies ...
References
External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
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Christian organizations established in 1954
Armenian Catholic eparchies
Armenian Catholic Church in Iraq