Suffragan eparchy Alqosh, Iraq
Eparchy of Alquoch
Alquoshen(sis) Chaldaeorum
Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic eparchy centered on the historic Christian town of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, erected 24 October 1960. It depends directly on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad and is not part of an ecclesiastical province; the see is vacant following the tenure of Bishop Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko (2022-2025).
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 32,070
- Priests
- 11
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Georgskathedrale stands in Alqosh, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Established in 1960, the Eparchy of Alqosh serves the Chaldean Catholic Church from the frontier town of Alqosh. Rather than belonging to any ecclesiastical province, its bishop depends directly on the Patriarch of Baghdad.