Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul

Archeparchy of Mosul
Location
CountryIraq
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
45,000
Parishes15
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyriac Catholic Church
RiteWest Syriac Rite
Established1790
Secular priests56
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchIgnatius Joseph III Yonan
EparchYounan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano

The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (or informally Mossul of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy in northern Iraq. It is not a metropolitan see and is immediately exempt to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral is the Syriac Catholic Cathedral in the episcopal see of Mosul.

History

The Archeparchy of Mosul was established in 1790 from territory with no previous Syriac Catholic ordinary or territory.[1]

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 45,000 Catholic in 15 parishes and 2 missions with 82 priests (56 diocesan, 26 religious), 1 deacon, 36 lay religious (33 brothers, 3 sisters) and 15 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Mosul
  • Cyrille Behnam Benni (1862 – 1893.10.12), later Eparch of Mardin and Amida of the Syrians (Turkey) (1893.10.12 – 1897.09.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) ([1893.10.12] 1894.05.18 – death 1897.09.13)
  • Grégoire Pierre Habra (born Syria) (1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syrians (Syria) (1924.03.24 – death 1933.03.21)
  • Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal (1926.07.31 – death 1951.12.14), previously Archeparch of Baghdad of the Syrians (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)
  • Jules Georges Kandela (1952.03.07 – 1959.08.23), previously Titular Bishop of Cephas ([1951.04.26] 1951.08.15 – 1952.03.07); later Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchate Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) (1959.08.23 – 1971) & Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria (1959.08.23 – death 1980.04.15)
  • Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (1959.10.23 – death 1999.12.09)
  • Basile Georges Casmoussa (1999.09.22 – 2011.03.01), later Bishop of Curia of the Syrians (2011.03.01 – ...), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Syrians (2014.01.13 – 2017.06.21), Apostolic Visitor in Australia of the Syrians (2017.06.21 – ...)
  • Boutros Moshe (2011.03.01 – ...), no previous prelature.

See also

References

  1. ^ Archeparchy of Mossul (Syriac Catholic Church)