Archeparchy of Bassora
| Archeparchy of Bassora | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Iraq |
| Diocesan bishop | Habib Al-Naufali |
| Parishes | 3 (2006) |
| Residents | 2,124,931 ( 1969 ) |
| Catholics | 2,600 (2006) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (2006) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,600 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2006) |
| Religious sisters | 3 (2006) |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
The Archeparchy of Bassora (Basra) ( Latin : Basrensis Chaldaeorum ) is a Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy uniate with the Roman Catholic Church and is based in Basra , Iraq .
The forerunner of the Archeparchy of Bassora was the Archeparchy of Perat-Maishan in the 5th century; since then Basra has been the seat of an archbishop. The archbishops of Basra belonged to the Apostolic Church of the East , the church in the Sassanid Persian Empire, headed by the Patriarch of Seleukia-Ctesiphon (south of today's Baghdad). On January 17, 1954, the name was changed to the Archeparchy Bassora (Basra).
Pope Benedict XVI appointed the last Archbishop of Basra, Jibrail Kassab , in 2006 to the newly established Chaldean Catholic Eparchy for Oceania - Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle - based in Sydney.
Ordinaries
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- Joseph Gogué (1954–1971)
- Gabriel Ganni (1971–1981)
- Stéphane Katchou (1981–1983), later Archbishop of Zaku
- Yousif Thomas (1983-1999)
- Djibrail Kassab (1995–2006), later Archbishop of the Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle in Sydney
- Habib Al-Naufali (since 2014)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b "Archbishop Kassab transferred from Basra to Australia" , ORF , 23 October 2006