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Archeparchy of the patriarchate Arbil, Erbil, Iraq

Archeparchy of Arbil, Erbil

Arbilen(sis) Chaldaeorum

Chaldean Catholic Church

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.

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The address the register holds for Mar Yousif (St Joseph) Cathedral, Ankawa, Erbil, in Arbil, Erbil, Iraq.

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Established
1968
Catholics
16,420
Priests
14

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The bishop

Archbishop
Bashar Matti Warda
Born
15 June 1969
Birthplace
Baghdad
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)

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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.

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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.

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