Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan

The Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent (or Patriarchal Dependency) on the Patriarch of Jordan is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Chaldean Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic : Chaldean Rite, Syriac language) covering (Trans)Jordan.

As Territory Dependent on the Patriarch, is immediately subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (actually in Baghdad), without being part of his or any other ecclesiastical province. It isn't entitled to a (Titular) Bishop as Ordinary, the incumbents use the style Protosyncellus (normally an official in an episcopal curia).

History

Established in 2004 on territory previously without proper Ordinary for the particular church.

Ordinaries

(all Chaldean Rite)

Protosyncelli of Jordan

Father Raymond Moussalli (2004 – 2014)
Monsignor Zaid Habbaba (2014 – ...)

Source and External links

GCatholic with incumbent biography 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

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