Archeparchy Baghdad (Armenians)
Archeparchy Baghdad (Armenians) | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
Country | Iraq |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Nersès Zabbara |
founding | 1954 |
Parishes | 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 2,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,000 |
Friars | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Armenian rite |
Liturgical language | Armenian |
cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Nareg |
address | Archeveche Armenia Catholique Karrada Sharkia Section 903 rue 27 BP 2344 Baghdad, Iraq |
The Archeparchy of Baghdad ( Latin Archieparchia Babylonensis Armenorum ) is an archdiocese of the Armenian Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church.
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum summus , Pope Pius XII. the archbishopric on June 29, 1954 from cessions of territory of the dissolved Archeparchy Mardin . The remnants of the Mardin Archepark became the Kamichlié Eparchy .
The Arch Parchy has no suffragan dioceses .
Since the 1970s, the number of believers has always moved around 2,000 in 2 parishes , but the number of diocesan priests fell from 4 to 2 by 2002. The number of religious sisters also fell from 6 to 3. Between the retirement of Archbishop Paul Coussa in 2001 and the election of Emmanuel Dabbaghan in 2006 (confirmation by the Pope: January 2007) the Armenian Catholic bishopric of Baghdad was vacant .
Arch parish of Baghdad
- Nersès Tayroyan (1954–1972)
- Jean Pierre XVIII. Kasparian (1972–1982, then Patriarch of Cilicia )
- Paul Coussa (1983-2001)
- Emmanuel Dabbaghian (2007-2017)
- Sedis vacancy (since 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archeparchy Baghdad of the Armenians on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.