Archeparchy of Bassorah, Basra
Basren(sis) Chaldaeorum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Chaldean Church · Bassorah, Basra, Iraq
The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Basra is a non-metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church in southern Iraq, restored on 17 January 1954 from territory of the Patriarchate of Baghdad and tracing its roots to the ancient see of Perat-Maishan (c. 280 AD). It is directly subject to the Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, without suffragans. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Basra.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Chaldean Church
- Erected
- 1954
- Latin
- Basren(sis) Chaldaeorum
- Annuario code
- 001000849
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,600
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 2,600
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
- Habib Al-Naufali
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, Basra stands in Bassorah, Basra, 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.
The province of Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of AhwazAhwaz
- Archeparchy of KerkūkKerkūk
- Archeparchy of Mossul e Aqrā, AkraMosul
- Archeparchy of TeheranTeheran
- Chaldean Patriarchate of BaghdadBaghdad
- Eparchy of DuhokDuhok
- Eparchy of Zākhō dei CaldeiZakho
- Patriarchal Territory of GiordaniaGiordania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southern Iraq, the Chaldean Catholic Church maintains the Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah), a non-metropolitan archeparchy of the Syro-Oriental Rite worshipping in the Syriac or Aramaic language. Without suffragans of its own, it is subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon. The Cathedral of Our Lady in Al Basrah serves as its episcopal see.
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].