Archdiocese of Baghdad (Chaldeans)
Archdiocese of Baghdad (Chaldeans) | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Country | Iraq |
Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Babylon |
Diocesan bishop | Louis Raphaël I. Cardinal Sako |
Auxiliary bishop | Jacques Ishaq |
founding | April 20, 1553 |
Parishes | 26 (2006) |
Catholics | 145,000 (2006) |
Diocesan priest | 29 (2006) |
Religious priest | 3 (2006) |
Catholics per priest | 4,531 |
Friars | 9 (2006) |
Religious sisters | 93 (2006) |
rite | Chaldean rite |
Liturgical language | Arabic |
cathedral | Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph (Baghdad) |
The Archdiocese of Baghdad of the Chaldeans ( Latin Archidioecesis Babylonensis Chaldaeorum ) is a Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese unified with the Roman Catholic Church and based in Baghdad , Iraq .
The diocese was founded on April 20, 1553.
Ordinaries
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- Paul II Cheikho (1958–1979)
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- Raphael I. Bidawid (1989-2003)
- Emmanuel III Cardinal Delly (2003-2012)
- Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako (since 2013)
See also
- Roman Catholic Church in Iraq
- Archdiocese of Baghdad of the Roman Catholic Church
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Baghdad (Chaldean) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Chaldean Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad on gcatholic.org (English)