Diocese of Aqra
| Diocese of Aqra | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Iraq |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Babylon |
| Diocesan bishop | vacant |
| founding | 1910 |
| Parishes | 4 (2006) |
| Residents | 85,000 ( 1970 ) |
| Catholics | 508 (2006) |
| proportion of | 1.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (2006) |
| Catholics per priest | 254 |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| address | Eveche Catholique Dar Al-Matraniya Al-Kaldan Aqra Iraq |
The diocese of Aqra (Akra) ( Latin Dioecesis Akrensis ) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese unified with the Roman Catholic Church and has its seat in Akrê in northern Iraq, which is controlled by the autonomous region of Kurdistan . The diocese was founded on February 24, 1910.
Ordinaries
- Elias Mellus (1864–1890), later Bishop of Mardin
- Giovanni Sahhar (1890-1910)
- Eliya Abuna (1924), Patriarchal Vicar
- Paul Cheikho (1947–1957), later Bishop of Aleppo
- André Sana (1957–1977), later Archbishop of Kirkuk
- Abdul-Ahad Rabban OAOC (1980-1998)
- vacant
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Chaldean Diocese of Aqrā on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Giga-Catholic and Catholic-hierarchy under web links