Archeparchy of Baghdad (Babilonia)
Babylonen(sis) Armenorum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Armenian Church · Baghdad (Babilonia), Iraq
Armenian Catholic archeparchy covering Iraq, erected 29 June 1954 on territory split from the Archeparchy of Mardin. It depends directly on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia without belonging to his metropolitan province, and is seated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Nareg in Baghdad.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Armenian Church
- Erected
- 29 June 1954
- Latin
- Babylonen(sis) Armenorum
- Annuario code
- 001000788
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Nerses Zabarian
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Nareg, Baghdad stands in Baghdad (Babilonia), 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
Covering the whole of Iraq, the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan archeparchy (an Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church. It depends directly on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia while remaining outside his metropolitan ecclesiastical province. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nareg in the Iraqi capital Baghdad serves as its episcopal see, and from it the archeparchy is colloquially called Baghdad of the Armenians. Manuscripts connected with this church have been digitized by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) working with the Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché Arménien Catholique, Karrada Sharkia, Section 903, Rue 27, B.P. 2344 Baghdad, Iraq
- Telephone
- [0773]3733.533
- [email protected]
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What is kept by invitation
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The working record is not. 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
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].