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Eparchy of the patriarchate Erbil, Iraq

Eparchy of Adiabene

Adiaben(sis) Syrorum

Syriac Catholic eparchy of Adiabene (Hadiab), erected 28 June 2019 from the territory of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul to serve Syriac Catholics in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah governorates). Its seat is the Queen of Peace (Sultana al-Salam) Cathedral in Ankawa, Erbil, and it is not part of an ecclesiastical province.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Queen of Peace (Sultana al-Salam) Cathedral, Ankawa, Erbil, in Erbil, Iraq.

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Established
2019
Catholics
100
Priests
5

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1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan
Born
1 January 1965
Birthplace
Qaraqosh

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The cathedral

Queen of Peace (Sultana al-Salam) Cathedral, Ankawa, Erbil stands in Erbil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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