The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (or informally Mossul of the Syriacs) is a
Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or
archeparchy
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in northern
Iraq
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. It is not a
metropolitan see
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and is
immediately exempt to the
Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and the
Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and not part of any
ecclesiastical province
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. Its
cathedral
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is the Syriac Catholic Cathedral in the
episcopal see 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 ...
.
History
The Archeparchy of Mosul was established in 1790 from territory with no previous Syriac Catholic
ordinary or territory.
Archeparchy of Mossul (Syriac Catholic Church)
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Statistics
, it pastorally served 45,000 Catholic in 15 parishes and 2 missions with 82 priests (56 diocesan, 26 religious), 1 deacon, 36 lay religious (33 brothers, 3 sisters) and 15 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Mosul''
* Cyrille Behnam Benni
Mor Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1831–1897) was Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1893 to 1897.
Life
Behnam Benni was born on 14 August 1831 (Julian Calendar) near Mosul. In 1847 he was admitted in the College of the Propaganda i ...
(1862 – 1893.10.12), later Eparch of Mardin and Amida of the Syrians (Turkey) (1893.10.12 – 1897.09.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) ( 893.10.121894.05.18 – death 1897.09.13)
* Grégoire Pierre Habra (born Syria) (1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syrians (Syria) (1924.03.24 – death 1933.03.21)
* Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal (1926.07.31 – death 1951.12.14), previously Archeparch of Baghdad of the Syrians (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)
* Jules Georges Kandela (1952.03.07 – 1959.08.23), previously Titular Bishop of Cephas ( 951.04.261951.08.15 – 1952.03.07); later Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchate Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) (1959.08.23 – 1971) & Titular Archbishop
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of Seleucia Pieria (1959.08.23 – death 1980.04.15)
* Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (1959.10.23 – death 1999.12.09)
* Basile Georges Casmoussa (1999.09.22 – 2011.03.01), later Bishop of Curia
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of the Syrians (2011.03.01 – ...), Apostolic Visitor
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in Western Europe of the Syrians (2014.01.13 – 2017.06.21), Apostolic Visitor in Australia of the Syrians (2017.06.21 – ...)
* Boutros Moshe (2011.03.01 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also
* List of Catholic dioceses in Iraq {{short description, None
The Catholic Church of Iraq has no national (Latin) episcopal conference, but is united in an inter-rite Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, given its diversity :
* a Latin non-Metropolitan Archdiocese (participation ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic, with Google photo - data for all sections
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Syriac Catholic dioceses
Eastern Catholicism in Iraq