Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad

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Archdiocese of Baghdad

Archdioecesis Bagdathensis Latinorum
Baghdad Latin Church.jpg
A Latin Church in Baghdad
Location
CountryIraq
Ecclesiastical province Immediately subject to the Holy See
Information
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph, Baghdad
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, OCD

The Archdiocese of Baghdad (Latin : Bagdathen(sis) Latinorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Baghdad, Iraq. [1] [2] It has jurisdiction over three parishes of 2,500 Latin Church Catholics who live throughout Iraq. The diocese is immediately subject to the Holy See. It operates alongside seven Chaldean dioceses, three Syrian Catholic, one Greek-Melkite jurisdiction, and one Armenian Catholic diocese, all of which are in communion with the Holy See. The archdiocese's cathedral is the Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad, not to be confused with the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph located in Baghdad and the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph located in Ankawa, Iraq.

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Diocese of Baghdad

Erected: 6 September 1632

Archdiocese of Baghdad

Elevated: 19 August 1848

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