Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad


The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is Metropolitan, proper Archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, with cathedral see in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
As the Patriarch is its Metropolitan Archeparch, it has no other Ordinary of its own.

History

It was established on 20 April 1553 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church using the Syro-Oriental Rite in the Chaldean language.
On 17 January 1954, it lost territory to establish the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Bassorah, in southern Iraq.

Auxiliary bishops

Former Auxiliary eparchs of Baghdad :