Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Iraq |
Date | Change |
280 | Diocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was established |
300 | Archdiocese of Kaškar (Chaldean Rite) was established |
300 | Diocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was established |
400 | Diocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte |
410 | Diocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perat-Maishan |
500 | Archdiocese of Kaškar (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
800 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was established (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte) |
800 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seleucia–Ctesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon) |
1200 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
1553.04.20 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal See of Babylon |
1553.04.20 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad (Chaldean Rite) was established |
1628 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was established |
1632.09.06 | Diocese of Baghdad was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1750 | Mission sui juris of Mossul was established |
1785 | Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean Rite) was established (became suffragan of Babylon) |
1789 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk (Chaldean Rite) was established |
1790 | Archdiocese of Mossul (Syriac Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1800 | Diocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1817 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Syria and Cilicia |
1838.09.17 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1848.08.19 | Diocese of Baghdad was promoted as Archdiocese of Baghdad |
1850 | Diocese of Aqrā (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Amadiyah) |
1850 | Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Amadiyah and Diocese of Gazireh) |
1860 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was restored |
1862.09.28 | Archdiocese of Baghdad (Syriac Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1895 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
1895.04.23 | Diocese of Aqrā (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Amadiyah) |
1896 | Apostolic Prefecture of Syria and Cilicia was demoted as Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia |
1910.02.24 | Diocese of Aqrā (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Amadiyah and became suffragan of Babylon) |
1953 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was suppressed |
1954.01.17 | Archdiocese of Bassorah (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad and without ecclesiastical province) |
1954.06.29 | Archdiocese of Baghdad (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and without ecclesiastical province) |
1960.10.24 | Diocese of Alquoch (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad and became suffragan of Babylon) |
1967 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Kaškar (Chaldean Rite) was restored |
1967.02.14 | Diocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Mossul |
1968.03.07 | Archdiocese of Erbil (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk and without ecclesiastical province) |
1968.03.07 | Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite) was established (became suffragan of Kirkuk) |
1969 | Mission sui juris of Mossul was suppressed |
1980 | Titular Episcopal See of Anbar (Chaldean Rite) was established |
1986 | Titular Metropolitan See of Tagritum (Syriac Rite) was established |
1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf (Syriac Rite) was established |
2004.07 | Titular Episcopal See of Hirta was established |
2013.06.10 | Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Zaku) |
2013.06.10 | Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku) |
2013.07.11 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Sulaimaniya and lost suffragan see Sulaimaniya) |
2013.07.11 | Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya) |
2018.12.22 | Diocese of Aqrā (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Archdiocese of Mossul–Aqrā) |
2018.12.22 | Archdiocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Archdiocese of Mossul–Aqrā (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Aqrā) |
2019.06.28 | Diocese of Adiabene (Syriac Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mossul and without ecclesiastical province) |
2020.06.27 | Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Duhok (lost territory to establish Diocese of Zakho) |
2020.06.27 | Diocese of Zakho (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku and became suffragan of Babylon) |
2020.09.10 | Titular Metropolitan See of Tagritum (Syriac Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Tagritum |
2022.02.19 | Patriarchal See of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Patriarchal See of Baghdad |
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