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Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Arbil

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Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Established
  
7 March 1968

Country
  
Iraq

Rite
  
East Syrian Rite

Cathedral
  
Mar Yousif Cathedral

Archbishop
  
Bashar Warda

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Immediately Subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon

Sui iuris church
  
Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية‎‎) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil. Erected in 1968 with territory taken from the Archeparchy of Kirkuk it is immediately subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon. The see of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. Joseph (Mar Yousif) in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil.

Ordinaries

  • Stéphane Babaca (1969–1994)
  • Hanna Markho (1994–1996)
  • Jacques Ishaq (1997–1999)
  • Yacoub Denha Scher (2001–2005)
  • Bashar Matti Warda (2010–present)

    • References

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