Chaldean Church
 Chaldean Catholic Church |
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| Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ | |
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| Classification | Eastern Catholic |
| Orientation | Syriac Christian |
| Primate | Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako |
| Region | Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, with diaspora |
| Language | Liturgical: Syriac |
| Liturgy | East Syrian Rite |
| Headquarters | Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Founder | Patriarch Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa |
| Origin |
1552 (1830) Amid (Mosul), Ottoman Empire |
| Members | 640,828 (2016) |
| Other name(s) |
Church of Assyria and Mosul Chaldean Patriarchate |
| Official website | www |
The Chaldean Catholic Church (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿīdtha kaldetha qāthuliqetha; Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية al-Kanīsa al-kaldāniyya) is an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, with Chaldean Patriarchate originally formed out of the Church of the East in 1552. Employing the East Syrian Rite in Syriac language in its liturgy, it is part of Syriac Christianity by heritage. Headquartered in the Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq, since 1950, it is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako. It comprises 640,828 members, mostly Chaldo-Assyrians living in northern Iraq, with smaller numbers in adjacent areas in northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran, a region roughly corresponding with what was Assyria between the 25th century BC and mid-7th century AD. There are also many Chaldeans in diaspora in the Western world.
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