Archeparchy of Arbil, Erbil
Arbilen(sis) Chaldaeorum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Chaldean Catholic Church · Arbil, Erbil, Iraq
Chaldean Catholic archeparchy of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, erected 7 March 1968 with territory taken from the Archeparchy of Kirkuk. Immediately subject to the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad, it is seated at Mar Yousif (St Joseph) Cathedral in Ankawa and has been a hub for displaced Iraqi Christians.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Erected
- 7 March 1968
- Latin
- Arbilen(sis) Chaldaeorum
- Patron
- Mar Qardakh
- Annuario code
- 001000719
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,420
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 1,173
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Bashar Matti Warda
- Born
- 15 June 1969
- Birthplace
- Baghdad
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Mar Yousif (St Joseph) Cathedral, Ankawa, Erbil stands in Arbil, Erbil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Seated in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region, the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) was erected in 1968 from territory of the Archeparchy of Kirkuk. It answers immediately to the Patriarchal See of Babylon. The archbishop's seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph (Mar Yousif) in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].