Archeparchy of Mosul–Akre, Iraq 🇮🇶 (Chaldean Rite) (original) (raw)

History

• 1800: Established as Diocese of Mossul / Mosul (English) / Mausilien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
• 1967.02.14: Promoted as Archdiocese of Mossul / Mosul (English) / Mausilien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)
• 2018.12.22: Renamed as Archdiocese of Mossul–Aqrā / Mosul–Akre (English) / Mausilien(sis) et Akren(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Aqrā)

Papal Visits

• Pope Francis (2021.03)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2018.12.22 – ...):	Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. (69)

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Souleyman Sayegh (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Yousef Ghanima (later Patriarch) (? – 1938)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 4,800 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (32 diocesan, 26 religious), 3 deacons, 28 religious (28 brothers), 2 seminarians