The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul ( la, Archieparchia Mausiliensis Chaldaeorum) is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church, located in the northern Iraqi city of

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second larg ...

. Its followers are ethnic Chaldeans and speakers of

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

. The

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comprises the city of

. The territory is subdivided in 12 parishes. The diocese of Mosul was elevated to Archeparchy of Mosul on February 14, 1967 by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...

. The ordinary was Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho until his death in early 2008. He was succeeded in November 2009 by Archbishop-elect Emil Shimoun Nona, who until his election and ratification had been a professor of anthropology at Babel College and a pastor and vicar general in the eparchy of Alqosh. the

Papal Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

was Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, whose Apostolic Nunciature is the entire state of Iraq. Mosul has been the see of the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from Mar

Yohannan Hormizd Yohannan VIII Hormizd (often referred to by European missionaries as ''John Hormez'' or ''Hanna Hormizd'') (1760–1838) was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line of the Church of the East and the first patriarch of a united Chalde ...

to Mar

Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas Mar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (August 8, 1852 - July 21, 1947) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1900 until his death in 1947. Life He was born on August 8, 1852 in Alqosh, An ethniChaldeanref> he studied in the Ghazir S ...

Archbishop

The

archeparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...

is led by the

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of an archbishop, concurrently the pastor of St. Paul's

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. The cathedral was the target of a bombing on December 7, 2004, leaving the building badly damaged. The bishop's residence was a modern two-story building that housed the archbishopric, which was 10 km away from the cathedral. The bishopric was built and inaugurated in 1995 by the late

Mar George Garmo Mar George Garmo (8 December 1921 – 9 September 1999) was the Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (''Mausiliensis Chaldaeorum'') in Iraq from 14 September 1980 until his death on 9 September 1999. Biography He was born ...

. It was destroyed on August 12, 1995 by five attackers who ransacked the building after forcing everyone to leave and loading the building with dynamite.
Late on February 29, 2008, according to a report given by the

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, Archbishop Rahho was kidnapped from his car; his bodyguards and driver were killed. On 13 March 2008, it was reported that the Archbishop's body had been found buried near Mosul.

Ordinaries

(1778-1818) #

Nicholas I Zaya Mar Nicholas I Zaya (or ''Zaya'' or ''Eshaya'') was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1839 to 1847. He succeeded Yohannan VIII Hormizd, the last of the Mosul patriarchs who traced their descent from Eliya VI (1558–1591), and ...

Joseph Audo Joseph VI Audo (or ''Audu'' or ''Oddo'') (1790–1878) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1847 to 1878. Early life Joseph VI Audo was born in Alqosh in 1790 and in 1814 he became a monk of the monastery of Rabban Hormizd. He w ...

(1825-1833) #

Eliya Abulyonan Mar Eliya XIV IIIAbulyonan (or ''Abolionan'') (1840 - June 27, 1894) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1878 to 1894. Life Eliya Peter Abulyonan was born in 1840 in Mosul to an Assyrian family. He studied three years in th ...

Audishu V Khayyath Mar Audishu V, (Ebed-Jesu V), Georges Khayyath (or Abdisho V, Giwargis Hayyat) (Arabic: مار جرجيس عبد يشوع الخامس خياط) (October 15, 1827 – November 6, 1899) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894 t ...

(1900-1947) #

Yousef VII Ghanima Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 – July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1958. Life Mar Yousef VII Ghanima was born on January 29, 1881 in Mossul and was ordained a priest on May ...

(1947-1958) #

Paul II Cheikho Mar Paul II Cheikho † ( syr, ܦܘܠܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܫܝܟܘ, Arabic: بولس الثاني شيخو) (November 19, 1906–April 13, 1989) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958 until his death in 1989. Life An ethni ...

(1958-1960) # Emmanuel Daddi † (June 27, 1960 - January 11, 1980 ''deceased'') # Georges F. Garmo † (April 23, 1980 - September 9, 1999 ''deceased'') #

Paulos Faraj Rahho Paulos Faraj Rahho (also known as Paul Faraj Rahho and Paulos Faradsch Raho; ar, بولس فرج رحو, '; syr, ܦܘܠܘܣ ܦ̮ܪܔ ܪܚܘ, '; 20 November 1942 – February or March 2008) was a Chaldean Catholic prelate who served as the Arc ...

† (January 12, 2001 - 2008 ''Killed'' - body found March 13, 2008) # Emil Shimoun Nona (November 13, 2009 - ?) (transferred to Australia and New Zealand after exile) # Najib Mikhael Moussa (December 22, 2018 - )

List of churches

The following is a list of churches under the Archeparchy of Mosul and their locations: *St. Miskenta the Martyr - Al Mayasa *St. Isiah - Ras Al Koor *St. Paul - Hai Al-Majmou'a *Our Mother of Perpetual Help - Dawasa *St. Joseph - Al-Mayda *Church of the Virgin Mary - Al-Dargazliya *St. Ephrem - Mousal Al-Jadida *Sacred Heart -

Tel Keppe Tel Keppe ( syr, ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ ', ar, تل كيف ', alternatively spelled Tel Kaif or Telkef) is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Mosul.Welcome to Te ...

*St. Addai -

Karamles Karamlesh ( syr, ܟܪܡܠܫ, ar, كرمليس; also spelled ''Karemlash'', ''Karemles'', ''Karemlish'', etc.) is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq located less than south east of Mosul. It is surrounded by many hills that along with it made up ...

Statistics

The following statistics were reported in the year 2004. *Total Catholics: 20,600 *Diocesan Priests: 10 *Religious Priests: 4 *Total Priests: 14 *Catholics per Priest: 1,471 *Permanent Deacons: 1 *Male Religious: 4 *Parishes: 10

References

External links

Kaldu.org
- Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle Website

{{coord missing, Iraq Chaldean Catholic dioceses

Christianity in Mosul Christian organizations established in 1967