Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Arbil

Archeparchy of Erbil of the Chaldeans Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية

Mar Yousif Cathedral in Ankawa, Erbil
Location
Country	Iraq
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Chaldean Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Established	7 March 1968
Cathedral	Mar Yousif Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Louis Raphael I Sako
Archbishop	Bashar Matti Warda
Website
chaldeanchurcherbil.org www.adiabene.com

The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil, Kurdistan Region. Erected in 1968 with territory taken from the Archeparchy of Kirkuk, it is immediately subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon. The see of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. Joseph (Mar Yousif) in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil.

Under Archbishop Bashar Warda, the archdiocese expanded its activity by creating the Catholic University in Erbil and several youth and healthcare agencies. In particular, the Archdiocese took a leading role in the care of Christians displaced from Mosul and the Nineveh Plains after the ISIS invasion of those areas in 2014. During this period, Ankawa and Erbil became the center of Christianity in Iraq.

Ordinaries

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Stéphane Babaca (1969–1994)
Hanna Markho (1994–1996)
Jacques Ishaq (1997–1999)
Yacoub Denha Scher (2001–2005)
Bashar Warda (2010–present)

Bashar Warda 2015
St Joseph's Cathedral, Ankawa

References

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External links

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Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil Archived 2017-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy.org entry^{[self-published source]}

v t e Chaldean Catholic Church episcopal hierarchy
Patriarchate	Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (List) at Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows in Baghdad, Iraq
Metropolitan archeparchies	Baghdad Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya Tehran Urmyā
Other archeparchies	Ahvaz Basra Diyarbakir Arbil Mosul
Eparchies	Aleppo Alqosh Aqra (Akra) Beirut Cairo Mar Addai of Toronto Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney Salmas (suffragan of Urmya) Amadiyah and Zaku
Patriarchal dependencies	Jerusalem Jordan
Titular sees	Metropolitan : Rew-Ardashir / Other Archiepiscopal : Kaškar, Nisibis / Episcopal : Anbar, Mardin, Seert
Other former eparchies	Amadia, Gazireh, Perat-Maishan, Sulaimaniya, Zaku
See also	Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552
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v t e Dioceses of the Church of the East
Hierarchy divided into the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East after the schism of 1552
Time periods	Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552
Interior metropolitan provinces to 1318	Adiabene Beth Garmaï Beth Huzaye Maishan Nisibis Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Exterior metropolitan provinces to 1318	Beth Sinaye (China) Beth Tuptaye (Tibet) Dailam Damascus Fars Herat Hulwan India Islands of the Sea Kashgar and Nevaketh Katai and Ong Merv Rai Samarqand Tangut
dioceses to 1318	Abiward and Shahr Piroz Adarbaigan Al-Bariya Al-Kuj Al-Qabba Al-Rustaq Aoustan d'Arzun Armenia Ardashir Khurrah (Shiraf) Arzun [[Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318\|[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)Aïn Sipne]] Badisi and Qadistan Balad Barhis Beth Bgash Beth Daraye Beth Dasen Beth Lapat Beth Mazunaye (Oman) Beth Moksaye Beth Nuhadra Beth Rahimaï Beth Tabyathe and the Kartawaye Beth Waziq Beth Zabdaï Bih Shabur (Kazrun) Dabarin Dairin Darabgard Dasqarta d'Malka Delasar Dinawar Egypt Erbil Eshnuq Gawkaï Gubeans Gurgan Haditha Hagar Hamadan Hamir Harran and Callinicus Hatta Hebton Herat Hesna d'Kifa Hirta Hormizd Ardashir Hrbath Glal Ispahan Istakhr Jerusalem Jews Karka d'Beth Slokh Karka d'Ledan Karka d'Maishan Karman Kashkar Khanijar Lashom Mahoze d'Arewan Mardin Marga Marmadit Masabadan Mashkena d'Qurdu Mashmahig (Bahrain) [[Adiabene (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)\|Ma[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)altha and Hnitha]] Merw i-Rud Meskene Mihraganqadaq Mosul Muqan Nahargur [[Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon\|Niffar, Nil and al-Nu[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)maniya]] Nihawand Nineveh Piroz Shabur Prath d'Maishan Pusang Qaimar Qarta and Adarma Qasr and Nahrawan Qish Qube d'Arzun Radani Ram Hormizd Ramonin [[Nisibis (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)\|Resh[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)aïna]] Rima Salakh Salmas Segestan Seleucia-Ctesiphon Shahpur Khwast Shahrgard Shahrzur Shenna d'Beth Ramman [[Shigar (East Syriac diocese)\|Shigar and Beth [ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)Arabaye]] Shushter Soqotra Susa Taimana Tahal Tamanon Tirhan Tus and Abrashahr (Nishapur) Urmi [[Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon\|[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)Ukbara]] [[Fars (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)\|Yemen and Sana[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)a]] Zabe
Post-1318 dioceses (See also: dioceses from 1318 to 1552 and dioceses after 1552)	Ahwaz Alqosh Amid Anzel Ardishai Atel and Bohtan [[Amadiya (Chaldean diocese)\|[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)Amadiya]] [[Aqra\|[ʿ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) (help)Aqra]] Berwari Cyprus Erbil (East Syriac diocese) Erbil (Chaldean archeparchy) Gawar Gazarta Hakkari Jilu Kirkuk Mardin Mosul Nisibis Salmas Seert Sehna Shemsdin Tis Tuleki Zakho
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