Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Arbil

Archeparchy of Erbil of the Chaldeans Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية
Mar Yousif Cathedral in Ankawa, Erbil
Location
Country	Iraq
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Chaldean Catholic Church
Rite	East Syrian Rite
Established	7 March 1968
Cathedral	Mar Yousif Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Louis Raphael I Sako
Archbishop	Bashar Matti Warda
Website
www.adiabene.com

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)

Bashar Warda 2015
St Josephs Church Ankawa

References

External links

Chaldean Catholic Church Hierarchy

Patriarchate	Babylon

Metropolitan Archeparchies	Baghdad Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya Tehran Urmya

Other Archeparchies	Ahwaz Basra Diyarbakir Erbil Mosul

Eparchies	Aleppo Alquoch Aqra (Akra) Beirut Cairo Mar Addai of Toronto Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney Salmas (suffragan of Urmya) Zaku-Amadiya

Territories dependent on the Patriarch	Jerusalem Jordan

Titular sees	Metropolitan : Rew-Ardashir / Other Archiepiscopal : Kaškar, Nisibis / Episcopal : Anbar, Mardin, Seert

Other Former eparchies	Amadia, Gazireh, Perat-Maishan, Sulaimaniya, Zaku

Dioceses of the Church of the East

Time periods	Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1552–1913 Post-1913 Dioceses of the Church of the East

Interior metropolitan provinces to 1318	Adiabene Beth Garmaï Beth Huzaye Maishan Nisibis Province of the Patriarch

Exterior metropolitan provinces to 1318	Beth Sinaye (China) Beth Tuptaye (Tibet) Dailam Damascus Fars Herat Hulwan India Islands of the Sea Kashgar and Nevaketh Katai and Ong Merv Rai Samarqand Tangut

Dioceses to 1318	Abiward and Shahr Piroz Adarbaigan Al-Bariya Al-Kuj Al-Qabba Al-Rustaq Aoustan d'Arzun Armenia Ardashir Khurrah (Shiraf) Arzun ʿAïn Sipne Badisi and Qadistan Balad Barhis Beth Bgash Beth Daraye Beth Dasen Beth Lapat Beth Mazunaye (Oman) Beth Moksaye Beth Nuhadra Beth Rahimaï Beth Tabyathe and the Kartawaye Beth Waziq Beth Zabdaï Bih Shabur (Kazrun) Dabarin Dairin Darabgard Dasqarta d'Malka Delasar Dinawar Egypt Erbil Eshnuq Gawkaï Gubeans Gurgan Haditha Hagar Hamadan Hamir Harran and Callinicus Hatta Hebton Herat Hesna d'Kifa Hirta Hormizd Ardashir Hrbath Glal Ispahan Istakhr Jerusalem Jews Karka d'Beth Slokh Karka d'Ledan Karka d'Maishan Karman Kashkar Khanijar Lashom Mahoze d'Arewan Mardin Marga Marmadit Masabadan Mashkena d'Qurdu Mashmahig (Bahrain) Maʿaltha and Hnitha Merw i-Rud Meskene Mihraganqadaq Mosul Muqan Nahargur Niffar, Nil and al-Nuʿmaniya Nihawand Nineveh Piroz Shabur Prath d'Maishan Pusang Qaimar Qarta and Adarma Qasr and Nahrawan Qish Qube d'Arzun Radani Ram Hormizd Ramonin Reshʿaïna Rima Salakh Salmas Segestan Seleucia-Ctesiphon Shahpur Khwast Shahrgard Shahrzur Shenna d'Beth Ramman Shigar and Beth ʿArabaye Shushter Soqotra Susa Taimana Tahal Tamanon Tirhan Tus and Abrashahr (Nishapur) Urmi ʿUkbara Yemen and Sanaʿa Zabe

Post-1318 dioceses	Ahwaz Alqosh Amid Anzel Ardishai Atel and Bohtan ʿAmadiya ʿAqra Berwari Cyprus Erbil (Nestorian diocese) Erbil (Chaldean archeparchy) Gawar Gazarta Hakkari Jilu Kirkuk Mardin Mosul Nisibis Salmas Seert Sehna Shemsdin Tis Tuleki Zakho

Coordinates: 36°11′00″N 44°00′00″E / 36.1833°N 44.0000°E / 36.1833; 44.0000

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