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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
Current Dioceses in Iraq
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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
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. There are 17 currently active diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
s and eparchies in Iraq.
In 2019, the Archbishop of Erbil, in Kuridstan, warned that Catholicism and Christianity in general was in danger of becoming 'extinct' in Iraq due to persistent persecution from militant Islamic groups such as Daesh.
Dioceses and Eparchies
*Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad
The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church, covering Iraq.
It is directly dependent of the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part o ...
* Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Basra
* Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Erbil
The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil ( la, Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, ar, إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil, Kurdistan Region. Erected in 1968 with territory tak ...
* Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya
* Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul
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. Its followers are ethnic Chaldeans and speakers of Aramaic. The dioc ...
* Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Alquoch
* Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Aqrā
* Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiyah and Zaku
* Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad
* Chaldean Catholic Patriarchal See of Babylon
* Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (informally Iraq of the (Greek-)Melkites) is a Patriarchal exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Byzantine Rite ...
* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad
The Archdiocese of Baghdad ( la, Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Baghdad, Iraq.
* Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad
* Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul
* Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf
Catholic-HierarchyCurrent Dioceses in Iraq
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See also
*Catholic Church by country
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the pope)." The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the ...
References
External links
GCatholic.org
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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 ...
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 ...