Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad Patriarchatus Chaldæorum | |
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| Incumbent: Louis Raphaël I Sako elected 31 January 2013 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Headquarters | Baghdad,Iraq |
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| First holder | Saint Thomas the Apostle (as Patriarch of the Church of the East by tradition), Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (as Chaldean Catholic Patriarch) |
| Denomination | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | Apostolic Era[1] 280 as Diocese ofSeleucia-Ctesifonte[2] 1553 as Eastern CatholicPatriarchate[3] |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Language | East-Syriac |
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TheChaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad, or simply theChaldean Patriarchate (Latin:Patriarchatus Chaldæorum), is the official title held by the primate of theChaldean Catholic Church. The Patriarchate is based in theCathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows,Baghdad,Iraq. The current patriarch isLouis Raphaël I Sako. He is assisted by thearchbishop of ErbilShlemon Warduni and theAuxiliary Bishop of Baghdad,Basel Yaldo.[4][5][6]
Chaldean Catholics are the majority ofAssyrians in Iraq, an indigenous people ofUpper Mesopotamia.[7][8][9][10][11]
In 1552, there was aschism within theChurch of the East, caused by discontent among the bishops (metropolitans) over actions of the patriarchShemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb following the tradition of previous patriarch Shemʿon IV Basidi who made the patriarchal succession hereditary, normally from uncle to nephew.Joseph I (1681–1696), who served as theMetropolitan of Amid (modern-dayDiyarbakır, Turkey) led an off-shoot of the Church of the East and joined theCatholic Church. His successor,Joseph II (1696–1713), was officially bestowed with the symbolic titlePatriarch of Babylon. Although this patriarchate was established in the city of Diyarbakır, it was eventually moved to the city ofMosul and finally toBaghdad where it remains to this day. The titlePatriarch of Babylon orPatriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans remained in popular usage until the nameBabylon was officially abandoned in August, 2021.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
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