Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad

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The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Iraq. It is not a metropolitan see and is directly exempt to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, though not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and in Rome depends on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

Eparchy of Baghdad
Location
CountryIraq
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyriac Catholic Church
RiteWest Syriac Rite
Established28 September 1862
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchIgnatius Joseph III Yonan
EparchYousif Abba

The cathedral is the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, in the episcopal see and national capital of Baghdad.

History edit

The Archeparchy of Baghdad was established on 28 September 1862 on Iraqi territory that had previously been without an episcopal ordinary or ecclesiastical territory of the Syriac Catholic Church.

Episcopal ordinaries edit

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Baghdad

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