Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Sulaimaniya

The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Sulaimaniya was a Chaldean Catholic (Eastern Catholic, Chaldean Rite) eparchy (diocese) in Iraqi Kurdistan.

History

The eparchy was established on 7 March 1968.

It never had a proper eparch (bishop), only apostolic administrators ('ad interim').

On 11 July 2013, it was suppressed, its title and territory being merged into the Metropolitan Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya.

Ordinaries

(all apostolic administrators)

Apostolic Administrator Emmanuel Haddad (1976 – 1982)
Apostolic Administrator Abdul-Ahad Rabban, Hieronymites (O.S.H.) (1982 – 1998)
Apostolic Administrator Abbot Yousif Ibrahim, Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (O.A.O.C.) (1999 – 2006)
Apostolic Administrator Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C. (2006 – 2013.07.11)

Source and External links

GigaCatholic, 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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