Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Arbil

The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil, Kurdistan Region. 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.

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 Syriac Rite
Established	7 March 1968
Cathedral	Mar Yousif Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Louis Raphael I Sako
Archbishop	Bashar Matti Warda
Website
chaldeanchurcherbil.org

Under Archbishop Bashar Warda, the archdiocese expanded its activity by creating the Catholic University in Erbil and several youth and healthcare agencies. In particular, the Archdiocese took a leading role in the care of Christians displaced from Mosul and the Nineveh Plains after the ISIS invasion of those areas in 2014. During this period, Ankawa and Erbil became the center of Christianity in Iraq.

Ordinaries

• Stéphane Babaca (1969–1994)
• Hanna Markho (1994–1996)
• Jacques Ishaq (1997–1999)
• Yacoub Denha Scher (2001–2005)
• Bashar Warda (2010–present)

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  Bashar Warda 2015

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  St Joseph's Cathedral, Ankawa

References

External links

• Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil 2017-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy.org entry^{[self-published source]}

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