Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad

The Syrian (or Syriac) Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syrian Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) for the central part of Iraq.

It is directly dependent on the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (actually in Beirut), not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and in Rome depends on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, in Iraqi national capital Baghdad.

History

Established on 1862.09.28 as Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Baghdad, on Iraqi territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(Syriac Rite)

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Baghdad

See also

Source and External links

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