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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
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. There are 17 currently active
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...
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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

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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 ...
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Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Basra 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 ...
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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 ...
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Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Kirkuk ( ar, ابرشية كركوك الكلدانية) is an archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. The archeparchy was created in the early years of the nineteenth cen ...
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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 Diocese of Zakho is a diocese of the Chaldean Church in the second half of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century. The diocese of Zakho was merged with the Chaldean diocese of Amadiya in 1987. In December 2001, a new ...
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Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Baghdad is the Metropolitan, proper Archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, with cathedral see in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. As the Patriarch is its Metropolitan Archeparch ...
* 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 ...
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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.
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Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Iraq. It is not a metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan see and is Exemption (Catholic canon law), ...
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Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (or informally Mossul of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy in northern Iraq. It is not a metropolitan see and is immediately exempt to the Syriac Catholic P ...
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Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra, Iraq and the Gulf is an exarchate (Eastern Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Syriac Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) for southern Iraq and t ...
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Current Dioceses in Iraq
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See also

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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 ...