Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq
The Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq is an immediates exarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church , whose territory includes Iraq . It is directly subordinate to the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch . It was founded on September 17, 1838 by the Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Maximos III. Mazloum . The last patriarchal exarch in office until 2007 was Archbishop Georges El-Murr of Petra and Philadelphia , who held this office in a secondary role. The Exarchate Residence is currently vacant. About 600 members of the Melkite Church belong to the Exarchate of Iraq, who are looked after by an eparchial priest .
history
The first Melkite Greek Catholic priest was Father Macarios Andraos from Aleppo ( Syria ) († 1886). He initially joined the Syrian Catholics in the Baghdad district . He was followed in 1886 by Father Romanos Kallab, who - together with the Armenian Catholic Church - founded the first Melkite community. His successor was Archimandrite Maximos Hakim in 1926 . He consolidated the community and began building his own chapel in Akd en-Nassara (Baghdad). This was followed by the construction of St. George's Church in Karradeh (Baghdad district), which was consecrated in 1962. The other patriarchal exarchs were:
- 1964–1971 Archimandrite Isaïe Dakkar ,
- 1971–1978 Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry , later Patriarchal Vicar of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait (1978–1991) and then from 1991 to 2002 Patriarchal Exarch of Kuwait,
- 1979–1986 Archimandrite Laurent Fayçal BS and
- 1986–1997 Archimandrite Nicholas Dagher
- 1997–2007 Archbishop Georges El-Murr
See also
Web links
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Entry on Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq on gcatholic.org (English)
- Dioceses of the Melkite Church on gcatholic.org (English)