Former Chaldean Diocese of

Sulaimaniya

Name: Sulaimaniya / As Sulaymaniyah / Sulaimanien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Suppressed

1968.03.07: Established as Diocese of Sulaimaniya / As Sulaymaniyah / Sulaimanien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Kirkuk)
2013.07.11: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya)

Bishops of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite)

Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 2006 – 2013.07.11)

Abbot Yousif Ibrahim, O.A.O.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 1999 – 2006)

Bishop Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H.
(Apostolic Administrator 1982 – 1998)

Fr. Emmanuel Haddad
(Apostolic Administrator 1976 – 1982)

Last updated on 2026.03.30