Archdiocese of Baghdad, Iraq (Syriac Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Baghdad / Babylonen(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1862.09.28: Established as Archdiocese of Baghdad / Babylonen(sis) Syrorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2021.03)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2011.03.01 – ...):

Archbishop Ephram Yousif Abba (72)

General Secretary of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Baghdad (Syriac Rite)

Archbishop Ephram Yousif Abba (72)
(2011.03.01 – ...)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)
General Secretary of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Born:	1951.06.18 (Qaraqosh, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.04.16

General Secretary of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (? – ...)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2011.03.01 – ...)

Patriarchal Administrator of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2021.09.18 – 2023.01.07)

Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (93)
(1983.07.15 – 2011.03.01)

Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Born:	1930.06.20 (Bartelli, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1954.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.12.08

Titular Bishop of Dara Syrorum of the Syriacs (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1983.07.15 – 2011.03.01)

Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1997 – 2001)

Archbishop Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose
(1953.12.02 – 1983.01.12)

Born:	1898.08.06 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1921.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.02.07
Died:	1983.01.12 († 84)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1953.12.02 – 1983.01.12)

Archbishop Atanasio Paolo Hindo
(1949.08.05 – 1953.08.14)

Born:	1900.01.24
Ordained Priest:	1923.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.10.02
Died:	1953.08.14 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs (1949.01.18 – 1949.08.05)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1949.08.05 – 1953.08.14)

Archbishop Atanasio Behnam Kalian
(1929.08.06 – 1949.02.17)

Born:	1883.12.08 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.07.19
Died:	1949.02.17 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Bahtnæ of the Syriacs (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1929.08.06 – 1949.02.17)

Archbishop Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal
(1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)

Born:	1876.10.20 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1900.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.11.24
Died:	1951.12.14 († 75)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1926.07.31 – 1951.12.14)

Archbishop Athanase Ignace Nuri
(1894.03.11 – 1908)

Born:	1857.12.13 (Iraq)
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.05.18
Died:	1946.11.09 († 88)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1894.03.11 – 1908)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs (1908 – 1946.11.09)

Archbishop Atanasio Raffaele Ciarchi
(1872 – ?)

Consecrated Bishop:

1872.09.30

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1872 – ?)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (93) (later Archbishop) (1979.08.25 – 1983.07.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Syriac Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation, Baghdad

Mossul (↖), Adiabene (↑), Basra and the Gulf (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 15,400 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 4 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 6 priests (5 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 religious (1 brother), 1 seminarian

Syriac Archdiocese of

Baghdad