Sulaimaniya bishopric
Sulaimaniya bishopric | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Country | Iraq |
Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Babylon |
Diocesan bishop | vacant |
founding | 1968 |
Parishes | 1 (2004) |
Residents | 9,552 ( 1966 ) |
Catholics | 200 (2004) |
proportion of | 5.8% |
Religious priest | 1 (2004) |
Catholics per priest | 200 |
Friars | 1 (2004) |
rite | Chaldean rite |
Liturgical language | Arabic |
address | Eveche Catholique Kanisat Al-Kaldan Sulaimaniya Iraq |
The diocese Sulaimaniya ( Latin Dioecesis Sulaimaniensis Chaldaeorum ) was a Chaldean Catholic diocese unified with the Roman Catholic Church and located in Sulaimaniyya in the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan in Iraq . The diocese was founded on March 7, 1968 and merged with the Archdiocese of Kirkuk on July 11, 2013 under the new name Archdiocese of Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Chaldean Diocese of Sulaimaniya on gcatholic.org (English)