Diocese of Amadiyah
| Diocese of Amadiyah | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Iraq |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Babylon |
| Diocesan bishop | Rabban al-Qas |
| Residents | 79,000 ( 1970 ) |
| Catholics | 3,800 ( 2009 ) |
| proportion of | 4.8% |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
The Diocese of Amadiyah ( Latin Dioecesis Amadiensis ) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese unified with the Roman Catholic Church and is based in Dohuk in Northern Iraq, which is controlled by the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan . The diocese was founded in 1785 and united with the diocese of Zaku to form the diocese of Zaku and Amadiyah in 2013 . In June 2020, the Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako rescinded the association and restored the Diocese of Amadiyah as an independent diocese with the previous Bishop Rabban al-Qas .
Ordinaries
- Mathieu Simon (1791-1818)
- Basile Mansur Asmar (1824-1828)
- Joseph Audo (1833–1847), later Patriarch of Babylon
- Ebed-Jesu-Thomas Dircho or Atanasio Tommaso Dosciù (1852-1859)
- Abdisho V. Khayat (1860–1863), later Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida)
- Matthieu-Paul Chammina (1874–1879)
- Giorgio Goga (1882-1892)
- Giuseppe Elis Khayatt (1893–1895), later titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei
- Giovanni Sahhar (1895-1910)
- François David (1910-1939)
- Jean Kurio (1941-1946)
- Raphael Rabban (1947–1957), later Archbishop of Kirkuk
- Raphael I. Bidawid (1957–1966), later Bishop of Beirut
- Curiaco's Moussess (1967–1973)
- Hanna Kello (1973-2001)
- Rabban al-Qas (2001-2013; since 2020)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 16, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Separazione dell'Eparchia di Zakho (Iraq) because quella di Amadiyah e nomina del Vescovo di dell'Eparchia Zakho (Iraq). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 27, 2020, accessed June 27, 2020 (Italian).