Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Zakho
| Eparchy of Amadiyah and Zaku | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Babilonia |
| Metropolitan | Patriarchate of Babylon(Chaldean) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (Chaldean) |
| Rite | East Syrian Rite |
| Established | June 10, 2013 (Merger of the Diocese of Amadiyah(Chaldean) and the Diocese of Zaku(Chaldean) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mgr Rabban al Qas |
Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Zakho is a diocese of the Chaldean Church in the second half of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century. The diocese of Zakho was merged with the Chaldean diocese of ʿAmadiya in 1987. In December 2001, a new bishop was consecrated. In July 2013, Zakho was suppressed to the Diocese of Amadiyah.
The diocese of Zakho was founded in 1851. The diocese included some villages in the western Khabur valley and the mountains to the northeast of Zakho previously in the diocese of Gazarta, and several villages in the Dohuk district previously in the diocese of ʿAmadiya.
The first Chaldean bishop of Zakho was Emmanuel Asmar (1859–75).
He was succeeded by Quriaqos Giwargis Goga, a monk of the monastery of Rabban Hormizd, who was born in Telkepe on 15 January 1820 and ordained a priest in 1855. According to Tfinkdji he was consecrated for Zakho on 25 July 1875 by the patriarch Joseph VI Audo, but a manuscript note gives the date of his consecration as 1 August 1875. In 1876 Quriaqos Giwargis Goga rebelled against the patriarch and installed himself in the village of Telkepe in the patriarchal diocese of Mosul, where he was supported by most of the village's priests. Following an appeal to the Vatican by Joseph Audo, the two rebels eventually submitted, and Goga was transferred to the diocese of ʿAmadiya in 1879.
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