Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad

Archdiocese of Baghdad
Archdioecesis Bagdathensis Latinorum

Latin Church in Baghdad
Location
Country Iraq
Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Holy See
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad (Latin: Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum) is a Catholic diocese of the Roman/Latin Rite located in the city of Baghdad in Iraq.[1][2] It has jurisdiction over three parishes of 2,500 Latin Rite Catholics who live throughout Iraq. The diocese is immediately subject to the Holy See and operates alongside eleven Chaldean dioceses, two Syrian Catholic, one Greek-Melkite, and one Armenian Catholic diocese. The Archdiocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in Baghdad, Iraq, not to be confused with the Cathedral of St. Joseph located in Ankawa, Iraq.

History

Leadership

Diocese of Baghdad

Erected: 6 September 1632

Archdiocese of Baghdad

Elevated: 19 August 1848

References

Coordinates: 33°20′20″N 44°23′48″E / 33.3389°N 44.3966°E / 33.3389; 44.3966

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