Patriarchal Territory of Giordania
Territory dependent on the patriarchal Church · Chaldean Church · Giordania, Jordan
Jordan is a patriarchal dependent territory of the Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syriac rite), directly subject to the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad and served through the Chaldean Patriarchal Vicariate in Amman. Catholic-hierarchy reports about 2,500 Chaldean Catholics in a single parish (2022), a community swollen by Iraqi refugees and declining as families resettle abroad. No bishop is assigned; the territory is governed through the patriarchate.
The see
- Rank
- Territory dependent on the patriarchal Church
- Tradition
- Chaldean Church
- Annuario code
- 001000558
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,500
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
- Bishop
- Iyad Twal
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 province of Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of AhwazAhwaz
- Archeparchy of Bassorah, BasraBassorah, Basra
- Archeparchy of KerkūkKerkūk
- Archeparchy of Mossul e Aqrā, AkraMosul
- Archeparchy of TeheranTeheran
- Chaldean Patriarchate of BaghdadBaghdad
- Eparchy of DuhokDuhok
- Eparchy of Zākhō dei CaldeiZakho
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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
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].