Patriarchate of Babylon
| Patriarchate of Babylon | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Iraq |
| Diocesan bishop | Louis Raphaël I. Cardinal Sako |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Shlemon Warduni Basel Yaldo Robert Jarjis |
| Residents | 3,500,000 ( 1970 ) |
| Catholics | 150,000 ( 1970 ) |
| proportion of | 4.3% |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language | Syriac-Aramaic |
| cathedral | Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph (Baghdad) |
| Website | http://www.saint-adday.com/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Alquoch Diocese of Amadiyah Diocese of Aqra Archdiocese of Baghdad Diocese of Sulaimaniya Diocese of Zaku |
The Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans ( Patriarchatus Babylonensis Chaldaeorum ) is the ecclesiastical form of organization of the Chaldean Catholic Church . It continues the early church Catholic of Seleukia-Ctesiphon . It was founded in 1553.
With about 63%, which corresponds to about 203,000 members, it is the largest church in Iraq. The seat and diocese of the patriarch is Baghdad ; the current incumbent has been Louis Raphaël I. Sako since 2013 .
In 2015, the Patriarchate of Babylon numbered more than 600,000 believers in 21 dioceses, almost half of whom lived in the United States and Australia . Because of the unsafe situation in Iraq , many Chaldean Catholic Christians have left the country. Thousands fled to neighboring Syria in order to emigrate from there to safe third countries. It is estimated that since the war began in March 2003, half of Iraqi Christians have left the country. In 2007 the security situation v. a. in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, but also partially in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The Chaldean seminary of St. Peter and the Babel College were able to resume operations - the latter, however, only in the then safe Ankawa near Erbil . By the end of Delly's tenure, the terrorist organization Islamic State again controlled large parts of the Chaldean Christian settlement area.
The pastorally and financially different situations in the homeland and the diaspora are expressed in certain tensions within the church hierarchy.
See also
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- List of Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Roman Catholic Church in Iraq
- Eastern Christians in America
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vatican Radio : Iraq: Struggle for Religious Freedom ( Memento of March 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) of January 1, 2007
- ^ Vatican Radio : Iraq: seminary and university reopened ( memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) of January 15, 2007