St. Joseph's Cathedral, Ankawa

St. Joseph's church in Ankawa is the seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil.

History

Construction on St. Joseph's church began in 1978 while Stephan Babaka was archbishop of Erbil. The church was built at government expense with volunteer labor from the people of Ankawa and completed in 1981. St. Joseph's church was designed in distinctive Babylonian style including a main gate modeled on the Ishtar Gate. St. Joseph's church is the seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil.