List of Catholic dioceses in Iraq

The Catholic Church of Iraq has no national (Latin) episcopal conference, but is united in an inter-rite Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, given its diversity :

  • a Latin non-Metropolitan Archdiocese (participation in the transcontinental Arab Region Latin Bishops conference)
  • divided over four Eastern Catholic rite-specific particular churches : a Patriarchate, two Metropolitan - and six other archeparchies, three more eparchies and two (pre-diocesan) Patriarchal exarchates.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Iraq in the national capital Baghdad, as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level (Established as Apostolic Delegation of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia, in 1937 renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Iraq, promoted on 1966.10.14), into which is also vested the Apostolic Nunciature to neighbouring (Trans)Jordan.

Current Latin dioceses

Exempt Jurisdictions

Current Eastern Catholic dioceses

Chaldean Catholic Church

(Chaldean - = Syro-Oriental Rite)

Chaldean Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Baghdad

Chaldean Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kirkuk

Chaldean Catholic Sui juris Jurisdictions

Other Eastern rites Sui juris Jurisdictions

(no Metropolitan, no Suffragan)

Syrian Catholic (Antiochian Rite)
Armenian Catholic (Armenian rite)
(Greek-)Melkite Catholic (Byzantine Rite)

Defunct jurisdictions

Titular sees

Other defunct jurisdictions

TO BE COMPLETED?

Apart from the precursors of the current sees :

Latin :
Eastern Catholic :

See also