Diocese of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA 🇺🇸 (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego / Sancti Petri Apostoli urbis Sancti Didaci Chaldæorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mar Addai of Toronto (↑), Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2002.05.21: Established as Diocese of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego / Sancti Petri Apostoli urbis Sancti Didaci Chaldæorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit and without ecclesiastical province)

Contact Info

Address: Chaldean Eparchy, 1627 Jamacha Way, El Cajon, CA 92019, USA

Phone: +1 (619) 579-7997

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.03.10 – ...):	Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop (53) Titular Bishop of Hirta

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean Rite)

Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop (53)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.03.10 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Hana Shaleta (69)
(2017.08.09 – 2026.03.10)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA)

Born:	1956.11.12 (Fishkabour-Zakho, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.06

Priest of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans (USA) (1984.05.31 – 2015.01.15)

Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada) (2015.01.15 – 2017.08.09)

Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA) (2017.08.09 – 2026.03.10)

Bishop Shlemon Warduni (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.05.07 – 2017.08.09)

Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo
(2002.05.21 – 2016.05.07)

Born:	1941.03.14 (Baghdad, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.18
Died:	2025.02.04 (San Diego, CA, USA † 83)

Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1964.12.19 – 2002.05.21)

Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA) (2002.05.21 – 2016.05.07)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bawai Soro (72) (2014.01.11 – 2017.10.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Peter Cathedral, El Cajon, California

Churches by City (19)

Mar Addai of Toronto (↑), Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 71,200 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 22 priests (21 diocesan, 1 religious), 16 deacons, 13 religious (5 brothers, 8 sisters), 7 seminarians

Chaldean Diocese of

Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego

USA