Archeparchy of Erbil of the Chaldeans Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية |
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Mar Yousif Cathedral in Ankawa, Erbil
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Location | |
Country | Iraq |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Rite | East Syrian Rite |
Established | 7 March 1968 |
Cathedral | Mar Yousif Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Louis Raphael I Sako |
Archbishop | Bashar Matti Warda |
Website | |
www.adiabene.com |
The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil. Erected in 1968 with territory taken from the Archeparchy of Kirkuk it is immediately subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon. The see of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. Joseph (Mar Yousif) in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil.
Bashar Warda 2015
St Josephs Cathedral Ankawa
Coordinates: 36°11′00″N 44°00′00″E / 36.1833°N 44.0000°E