Archdiocese of Mossul–Aqrā, Iraq (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Mossul–Aqrā / Mosul–Akre (English) / Mausilien(sis) et Akren(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1800: Established as Diocese of Mossul / Mosul (English) / Mausilien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1967.02.14: Promoted as Archdiocese of Mossul / Mosul (English) / Mausilien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)
2018.12.22: Renamed as Archdiocese of Mossul–Aqrā / Mosul–Akre (English) / Mausilien(sis) et Akren(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Aqrā)

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2021.03)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2018.12.22 – ...):

Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. (69)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Mossul–Aqrā (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. (69)
(2018.12.22 – ...)

Archbishop of Mossul–Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Born:	1955.09.09 (Mosul, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.01.18

Patriarchal Administrator of Amadiyah and Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2018.12.22? – 2020.06.27)

Archbishop of Mossul–Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2018.12.22 – ...)

Archbishops of Mossul (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona (57)
(2009.11.13 – 2015.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)

Good hope towards humankind

Born:	1967.11.01 (Alqosh, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.08

Priest of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1991.01.11 – 2009.11.13)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2009.11.13 – 2015.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia) (2015.01.15 – ...)

Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho
(2001.01.12 – 2008.03.07)

Born:	1942.11.20 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.16
Died:	2008.03.07 († 65)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2001.01.12 – 2008.03.07)

Archbishop Georges F. Garmou
(1980.04.23 – 1999.09.09)

Born:	1921.12.08 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.09.14
Died:	1999.09.09 († 77)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1980.04.23 – 1999.09.09)

Archbishop Emmanuel Daddi
(1967.02.14 – 1980.01.11)

Born:	1894.11.22 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1919.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.03.19
Died:	1980.01.11 († 85)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1960.06.27] 1960.10.24 – 1967.02.14)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1967.02.14 – 1980.01.11)

Bishops of Mossul (Chaldean Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Daddi (later Archbishop)
(1960.10.24 – 1967.02.14)

(see above)

Patriarch Paul II Cheikho (Paul Cheikho)
(1958.12.13 – 1960)

Born:	1906.11.19 (Alquosh, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1930.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.05.04
Died:	1989.04.13 († 82)

Bishop of Aqrā of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1947.02.22 – 1957.06.20)

Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1957.06.28 – 1958.12.13)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1958.12.13 – 1960)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1958.12.13] 1959.03.12 – 1989.04.13)

President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1969 – 1989.04.13)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1976 – 1989.04.13)

Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima (Yousef Ghanima)
(1947 – 1958.07.08)

Born:	1881.01.29 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1904.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.05.10
Died:	1958.07.08 († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (? – 1938)

Titular Bishop of Colybrassus (1925.05.28 – 1946.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1925.02.28] 1925.05.28 – 1947.09.17)

Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis (1946.04.29 – 1947.09.17)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1947 – 1958.07.08)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1947.09.17] 1948.06.21 – 1958.07.08)

Patriarch Yousef Emmanuel II Thoma [Toma] (Yousef Emmanuel Thoma [Toma])
(1900.12.17 – 1947.07.21)

Born:	1852.08.08 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1879.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.07.24
Died:	1947.07.21 († 94)

Bishop of Seert of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1890.09.04 – 1900.07.09)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1900.07.09] 1900.12.17 – 1947.07.21)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1900.07.09] 1900.12.17 – 1947.07.21)

Bishop Yosep Audo (later Patriarch)
(1825 – 1833)

Born:	1790 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1818
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.03.25
Died:	1878.03.14 († 87)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1825 – 1833)

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1833 – 1848)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1848.09.11 – 1878.03.14)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Souleyman Sayegh (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Yousef Ghanima (later Patriarch) (? – 1938)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Chaldean Cathedral of St. Mary, Mosul
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Mary, Akre
Pro-Cathedral: Chaldean Pro-Cathedral of St. Paul, Mosul

Aleppo (←), Alquoch (↗), Erbil (→), Baghdad (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 4,800 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (32 diocesan, 26 religious), 3 deacons, 28 religious (28 brothers), 2 seminarians

Chaldean Archdiocese of

Mossul–Aqrā