The Archdiocese of Baghdad ( la, Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum) is a

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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 ...

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 ...

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. It operates alongside seven Chaldean dioceses, three Syrian Catholic, one Greek-Melkite jurisdiction, and one Armenian Catholic diocese, all of which are in communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese's cathedral is the Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad, not to be confused with the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph located in Baghdad and the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph located in

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, Iraq.

History

* September 6, 1632: Established as the Diocese of Babylon or Baghdad * August 19, 1848: Promoted as the Archdiocese of Baghdad

Leadership

Diocese of Baghdad

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(10 April 1669 – 7 November 1682 Died) *François Picquet (26 April 1683 – 26 August 1686 Died) * Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. (24 November 1687 – 20 November 1717 Died) *Dominique-Marie Varlet (20 February 1719 – 25 May 1719 Removed) *Emmanuel a S. Alberto (Bruno) Baillet (Ballyet), O.C.D. (26 November 1742 – 4 April 1773 Died) *Jean-Baptiste Miroudot Du Bourg, O. Cist. (15 April 1776 – 13 April 1791 Removed) *Georges Bock, O.C.D. (17 April 1804 Appointed – ) *Blaise de Saint-Matthieu, O.C.D. (27 November 1807 Appointed – ) *Antonio Prandi, O.C.D. (15 May 1813 Appointed – ) *Felice Piazza, O.C.D. (6 February 1816 Appointed – ) *Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie (2 May 1820 – 26 April 1831 Died) *Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. (4 May 1832 – 13 February 1835 Appointed Archbishop of Izmir) *Marie-Laurent Trioche (14 March 1837 – 28 November 1887 Died)

Archdiocese of Baghdad

''Elevated: 19 August 1848'' *Marie-Laurent Trioche (14 March 1837 – 28 November 1887 Died) *Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. (24 November 1887 – 23 August 1902 Resigned) * François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. (7 November 1902 – 27 May 1917 Died) * François Berré, O.P. (9 August 1921 – 4 April 1929 Died) * Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. (1 April 1939 – 17 September 1964 Retired) * Maurice Perrin (2 Aug 1965 – 16 January 1970 Appointed Titular Archbishop of Gurza) *Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. (23 March 1972 – 30 May 1983 Retired) *Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (30 May 1983 – 30 July 1999 Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Beirut) *Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (29 November 2000 – present)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baghdad Roman Catholic dioceses in Iraq Religious organizations established in the 1630s 1632 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century

History

Leadership

Diocese of Baghdad

Archdiocese of Baghdad

See also

References