Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)
Type: Patriarchal Exarchate ![]()
Name: Basra and the Gulf (English) / Bassorah e Golfo (Italiano)
Subject to the Patriarch
Neighbouring Dioceses: Baghdad (â)
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
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Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf of the Syriacs (Iraq)
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Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka
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Population: 1,000 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes
Personnel: 1 priest (diocesan), 1 deacon, 2 religious (2 sisters), 1 seminarian
Last updated on 2026.03.30
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