Catholic Church in Iraq (original) (raw)

Also known as: Irak (Deutsch, polski), l’Irak (français), l’Iraq (français), Iraq (español, Italiano), Iraque (Português), 伊拉克 (正體中文), イラク (日本語), Iraquia (latine)

By Type (16)

By Rite

Roman Rite (1): Baghdad

Armenian Church (1): Baghdad

Chaldean Church (9): Alquoch, Baghdad, Baghdad, Bassorah, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya, Mossul–Aqrā, Zakho

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Iraq

Syriac Church (4): Adiabene, Baghdad, Basra and the Gulf, Mossul

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations Text

Papal Visits

Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4%

Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population)

Ethnic Groups: Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)

Motto: Allahu Akbar (Arabic) (Allah is Great)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 438,317 km²

Catholic Population: 282,000 Catholics (0.7% of 40,899,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 126 parishes, 20 mission stations (7 with resident priest, 13 without resident priest), 18 other centres

Clergy: 19 bishops (12 diocesan, 7 titular), 169 priests (122 diocesan, 47 religious), 26 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 363 religious (21 brothers, 342 sisters), 28 major seminarians, 13 missionaries, 1,996 catechists