The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Baghdad is the Metropolitan, proper Archeparchy of the
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon
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, with cathedral see in the
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 ...
i 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 ...
.
As the Patriarch is its Metropolitan Archeparch, it has no other Ordinary of its own.
History
It was established on 20 April 1553 as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad (Latin Babylonen
isChaldæorum) of the
Chaldean Catholic Church
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, an Eastern Catholic Church using the
Syro-Oriental Rite in the
Chaldean language.
On 17 January 1954, it lost territory to establish the
Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Bassorah
The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church ( Syro-Oriental Rite, Syriac or Aramaic language) in southern Iraq.
It is s ...
(Archeparchy of Basra), in southern
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 ...
.
Auxiliary bishops
Former
Auxiliary eparchs of Baghdad :
* Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Yousef Ghanima (1938 – 1947.09.17), later Patriarch of Babylon
* Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Thomas Michel Bidawid (1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29),
Titular Archbishop
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of
Nisibis of the Chaldeans
Nusaybin (; '; ar, نُصَيْبِيْن, translit=Nuṣaybīn; syr, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, translit=Nṣībīn), historically known as Nisibis () or Nesbin, is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009 and is ...
(1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29); previously Archeparch of
Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1966.01.06 – 1970.08.24)
See also
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Catholic Church in Iran
The Catholic Church in Iran is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about 21,380 Catholics in Iran out of a total population of about 78.9 million. They follow the Chaldean, Arm ...
*
Chaldean Catholic Church
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References
External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
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1553 establishments in Asia
Chaldean Catholic dioceses