Syriac Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Iraq
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Iraq. It is not a metropolitan see and is directly exempt to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, though not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and in Rome depends on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
The cathedral is the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, in the episcopal see and national capital of Baghdad.
History
The Archeparchy of Baghdad was established on 28 September 1862 on Iraqi territory that had previously been without an episcopal ordinary or ecclesiastical territory of the Syriac Catholic Church.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Baghdad
See also
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