Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf, Iraq 🇮🇶 (Syriac Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1991: Established as Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf (English) / Bassorah e Golfo (Italiano)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Patriarchal Exarchs of Basra and the Gulf (Syriac Rite) |
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 Bishop Firas Dardar (49) (2020.09.10 – ...)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq)Titular Bishop of Tagritum of the SyriacsBorn:1975.01.03 (Qaraqosh, Iraq)Ordained Priest:2009.04.30Consecrated Bishop:2020.10.30Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (2009.04.30 – 2020.09.10)Titular Bishop of Tagritum of the Syriacs (2020.09.10 – ...)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2020.09.10 – ...) |
| Msgr. Emad Ekleemes (2014 – 2020.09.10)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2014 – 2020.09.10) |
| Fr. Eshak Marzena (2003 – 2014)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2003 – 2014) |
| Fr. Charbel Issou (2001 – 2003)Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2001 – 2003) |
 Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (94) (1997 – 2001)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) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 1,000 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes
Personnel: 1 priest (diocesan), 1 deacon, 2 religious (2 sisters), 1 seminarian