Archdiocese of Baghdad, Iraq

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Baghdad / Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1632.09.06: Established as Diocese of Baghdad / Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1848.08.19: Promoted as Archdiocese of Baghdad / Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum (Latin)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2000.11.29 – ...):

Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (78)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Baghdad (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (78)
(2000.11.29 – ...)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

Fortitudo et vestra lumen

Born:	1946.06.30 (Ghalboun, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.20

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (2000.11.29 – ...)

Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 1999.07.30 – 2000.11.29)

Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (83)
(1983.05.30 – 1999.07.30)

Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Numidia
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon)

Diligere Deum

Born:	1941.01.08 (Zghorta, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.21

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1983.05.30 – 1999.07.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad (Iraq) (1999.07.30 – 2000.11.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon) (1999.07.30 – 2016.08.02)

Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Numidia (1999.07.30 – ...)

Archbishop Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D.
(1972.03.23 – 1983.05.30)

Born:	1906.08.30
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.31
Died:	1987.08.18 († 80)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1972.03.23 – 1983.05.30)

Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin
(1965.08.02 – 1970.01.16)

Born:	1904.06.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1936.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.10.28
Died:	1994.10.04 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Utica (1947.06.07 – 1953.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia) (1947.06.07 – 1953.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia) (1953.10.29 – 1964.07.09)

Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia) (1964.07.09 – 1965.01.09)

Titular Archbishop of Nova (1964.07.09 – 1965.08.02)

Apostolic Delegate to Iraq (1965.07.31 – 1966.10.14)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1965.08.02 – 1970.01.16)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq (1966.10.14 – 1970.01.06)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia (1970.01.16 – 1972.11.15)

Titular Archbishop of Gurza (1970.01.16 – 1994.10.04)

Archbishop Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D.
(1939.04.01 – 1964.09.17)

Born:	1887.04.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1922.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.06.29
Died:	1970.11.27 († 83)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1939.04.01 – 1964.09.17)

Apostolic Delegate to Iraq (1948.11.20 – 1964.09.17)

Titular Archbishop of Dercos (1964.09.17 – 1970.11.27)

Archbishop François de Berré, O.P.
(1921.08.09 – 1929.05.04)

Born:	1857.09.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1882.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.03.19
Died:	1929.05.04 († 71)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1921.08.09 – 1929.05.04)

Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia (1922.09.19 – 1929.05.04)

Archbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D.
(1902.11.07 – 1917.05.27)

Born:	1859.01.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1883.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.11.16
Died:	1917.05.27 († 58)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1902.11.07 – 1917.05.27)

Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia (1904.03.05 – 1917.05.27)

Archbishop Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P.
(1887.11.24 – 1902.08.28)

Born:	1844.12.04 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.08.10
Died:	1930.11.13 († 85)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1884.03.27 – 1887.11.24)

Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia (1884.03.27 – 1902.08.28?)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcis (1884.04.04 – 1887.11.24)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1887.11.24 – 1902.08.28)

Titular Archbishop of Synnada (1902.08.28 – 1930.11.13)

Archbishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1874.03.03 – 1883.08.08)

Archbishop Nicolás Castells, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator 1866.06.19 – 1873.09.07)

Archbishop Marie-Laurent Trioche
(1848.04.19 – 1887.11.24)

Born:	1801.02.28 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1837.08.15
Died:	1887.11.24 († 86)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1837.03.14 – 1848.04.19)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1848.04.19 – 1887.11.24)

Bishops of Baghdad (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marie-Laurent Trioche (later Archbishop)
(1837.03.14 – 1848.04.19)

(see above)

Bishop Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. (later Archbishop)
(1832.05.04 – 1835.02.13)

Born:	1798.03.26 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.11.18
Died:	1874.07.08 († 76)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1832.05.04 – 1835.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye) (1835.02.13 – 1837.11.24)

Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers) (1837.05.04 – 1853.07.26)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1837.11.24 – 1874.07.08)

Bishop Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie
(1820.05.11 – 1831.04.26)

Born:	1770.04.02 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.09.10
Died:	1831.04.26 († 61)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1820.05.11 – 1831.04.26)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Miroudot, O. Cist.
(1776.04.15 – 1798.05.24)

Born:	1722.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.06.23
Died:	1798.05.24 († 75)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1776.04.15 – 1798.05.24)

Bishop Emmanuel Baillet
(1742.11.26 – 1773.04.04)

Born:	1702.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1743.12.22
Died:	1773.04.04 († 70)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1742.11.26 – 1773.04.04)

Bishop Dominique-Marie Varlet ▼
(1719.02.20 – 1719.11.01)

Born:	1678.03.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1706
Consecrated Bishop:	1719.02.19
Died:	1742.05.14 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1718.09.17 – 1719.02.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1718.09.17 – 1719.02.20)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1719.02.20 – 1719.11.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Batavia (Netherlands) (1720.03.26 – 1723.04.27 not possessed▼)

Bishop Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R.
(1687.11.24 – 1717.11.20)

Born:	1637.09.08 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1694.05.09
Died:	1717.11.20 († 80)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1687.11.24 – 1717.11.20)

Bishop François Picquet
(1683.04.26 – 1685.08.26)

Born:	1626.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1677.09.26
Died:	1685.08.26 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1675.07.31 – 1683.04.26)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1683.04.26 – 1685.08.26)

Bishop Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B.
(1669.04.10 – 1682.11.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1661.06.05
Died:	1682.11.07

Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea (1661.05.30 – 1669.04.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1661.05.30 – 1669.04.10)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1669.04.10 – 1682.11.07)

Bishop Jean Duval, O.C.D.
(1638.08.18 – 1669.04.10)

Born:	1597.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1638.08.22
Died:	1669.04.10 († 71)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1638.08.18 – 1669.04.10)

Bishop of Isfahan (Iran) (1638.08.18 – 1669.04.10)

Bishop Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D.
(1632.09.06 – 1639.12.23)

Born:	1595 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1632.09.19
Died:	1651.04.05 († 55)

Coadjutor Bishop of Isfahan (Iran) (1632.09.06 – 1633.09.05)

Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1632.09.06 – 1639.12.23)

Bishop of Isfahan (Iran) (1633.09.05 – 1639.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1639.12.23 – 1651.04.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P. (1884.03.27 – 1887.11.24)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Dominique-Marie Varlet ▼ (1718.09.17 – 1719.02.20)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Timotheus Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. (1715.05.29 – 1718)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gatien de Galiczon (1707.07.08 – 1712.09.27)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. (1661.05.30 – 1669.04.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Therese of the Infant Jesus, Baghdad
Former Cathedral: Former Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph, Baghdad

Jerusalem (←), Aleppo (↖), Tehran–Isfahan (→), Northern Arabia (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 500 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 3 parishes

Personnel: 13 priests (1 diocesan, 12 religious), 129 religious (12 brothers, 117 sisters)