Eparchy of Duhok
Duhocen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Chaldean Catholic Church · Duhok, Iraq
The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan descends from the Eparchy of Amadiyah, erected in 1785; it was united with Zakho in 2013 as Amadiyah and Zaku and took its present name of Duhok on 27 June 2020 when Zakho was split off again. It is directly subject to the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad. Catholic-hierarchy reports about 14,100 Catholics in 36 parishes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1785
- Latin
- Duhocen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000665
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,100
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 1,007
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Azad Sabri Shaba
- Born
- 1 February 1966
- Birthplace
- At-Tamim
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Mar-Ith-Alaha-Kathedrale stands in Duhok, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of AhwazAhwaz
- Archeparchy of Bassorah, BasraBassorah, Basra
- Archeparchy of KerkūkKerkūk
- Archeparchy of Mossul e Aqrā, AkraMosul
- Archeparchy of TeheranTeheran
- Chaldean Patriarchate of BaghdadBaghdad
- Eparchy of Zākhō dei CaldeiZakho
- Patriarchal Territory of GiordaniaGiordania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya (or Amadia) belongs to history: this former eparchy (diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church was joined to the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Zakho in 2013.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.