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Eparchy of Alqosh Alquoshensis Chaldæorum | |
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Location | |
Country | Iraq |
Population - Catholics | 32,070 (in 2009) |
Information | |
Denomination | Chaldean Catholic |
Rite | East Syriac Rite |
Established | October 24, 1960 |
Secular priests | 11 (in 2009) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Cardinal Louis Sako |
Bishop | Mar Mikha Pola Maqdassi |
The Eparchy of Alqosh is a Chaldean Catholic Church diocese established in 1960. [1] It is in the frontier town of Alqosh. [2] The bishop is dependent to the Patriarch of Baghdad, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
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