Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq 🇮🇶 (Syriac Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1862.09.28: Established as Archdiocese of Baghdad / Babylonen(sis) Syrorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Archbishops of Baghdad (Syriac Rite) |
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 Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (73) (2011.03.01 – ...)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)General Secretary of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church |
 Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (94) (1983.07.15 – 2011.03.01)Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)Born:1930.06.20 (Bartelli, Syria)Ordained Priest:1954.10.17Consecrated Bishop:1979.12.08Titular Bishop of Dara Syrorum of the Syriacs (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1983.07.15 – 2011.03.01)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1997 – 2001) |
| Archbishop Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose (1953.12.02 – 1983.01.12)Born:1898.08.06 (Iraq)Ordained Priest:1921.12.18Consecrated Bishop:1954.02.07Died:1983.01.12 (†84)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1953.12.02 – 1983.01.12) |
| Archbishop Atanasio Paolo Hindo (1949.08.05 – 1953.08.14)Born:1900.01.24Ordained Priest:1923.03.31Consecrated Bishop:1949.10.02Died:1953.08.14 (†53)Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs (1949.01.18 – 1949.08.05)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1949.08.05 – 1953.08.14) |
| Archbishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian (1929.08.06 – 1949.02.17)Born:1883.12.08 (Syria)Ordained Priest:1908.07.19Consecrated Bishop:1922.07.19Died:1949.02.17 (†65)Titular Bishop of Bahtnæ of the Syriacs (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1929.08.06 – 1949.02.17) |
| Archbishop Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)Born:1876.10.20 (Iraq)Ordained Priest:1900.05.17Consecrated Bishop:1912.11.24Died:1951.12.14 (†75)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1926.07.31 – 1951.12.14) |
| Archbishop Athanase Ignace Nuri (1894.03.11 – 1908)Born:1857.12.13 (Iraq)Consecrated Bishop:1895.05.18Died:1946.11.09 (†88)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1894.03.11 – 1908)Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs (1908 – 1946.11.09) |
| Archbishop-elect Atanasio Raffaele Ciarchi (1862.01.01 – ?)Born:1826.01.13 (Mardin, Turkiye)Ordained Priest:1842.09.14Consecrated Bishop:1862.09.28Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1862.01.01 – ?) |
Former Prelates
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (94) (later Archbishop) (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 15,810 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 4 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 6 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 1 seminarian