The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aqra (also spelled Aqrā or Akra) is an Eastern Catholic eparchy (diocese) of the
Chaldean Catholic Church (which uses the
East Syriac Rite
The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...
) in northern
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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
.
It is a
suffragan of the
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon
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*Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate"
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and has its
episcopal see in the Iraqi Kurdish city of
Aqrah
Akre or Aqrah ( ku, ئاکرێ, Akrê, ar, عقرة, syr, ܥܩܪ, Aqra') is a city in the Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Akre is known for its celebrations of Newroz.
Etymology
The name "Akre" stems from the Kurdish word "Agir ...
.
History
The eparchy was established in 1850, on territory split off from the then
Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiyah.
It was suppressed and merged back into its mother church on 23 April 1895, when its eparch acceded to the cathedral throne, but was restored to an independent Eparchy on 24 February 1910.
Eparchs
* Giovanni Elia Mellus,
Order of Saint Jerome (O.S.H.) (1864.10.07 – 1890.09.04), later Eparch (Bishop) of
Mardin of the Chaldeans (1890.09.04 – death 1908.02.16)
* Giovanni Sahhar (1890.09.09 – 1909.06.13), later (during the suppression of the see) Eparch of
Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1895.04.29 – 1909.06.13)
* Paul Cheikho (1947.02.22 – 1957.06.28), later Eparch of
Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1957.06.28 – 1958.12.13), Bishop of
Mosul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1958.12.13 – 1960),
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
This is a list of the Chaldean Catholicoi-Patriarchs of Baghdad, formerly Babylon, the leaders of the Chaldean Catholic Church and one of the Patriarchs of the east of the Catholic Church starting from 1553 following the schism of 1552 which ...
(Iraq) (
958.12.131959.03.12 – death 1989.04.13), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1969 – 1989.04.13) and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1976 – 1989.04.13)
*
André Sana (1957.06.20 – 1977.12.14), later Metropolitan Archeparch of
Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1977.12.14 – 2003.09.27; died 2013)
* Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. (1980.04.23 – 1998.07.25), also
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1982 – 1998)
* ''Youhanna Issa
Apostolic Administrator
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(1999 – ...).''
See also
*
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 ...
*
Chaldean Catholic Church
References
External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
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1850 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Aqra
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Eastern Catholicism in Iraq