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Archdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean)

Archidioecesis Cherchensis - Beth-Seleucensis o Beth-Garmaiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P., Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

(none)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1789ErectedArchdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean) (erected)
7 March 1968Territory LostArchdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean) Archeparchy of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean) (erected)
Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean) (erected)
11 July 2013Territory AddedDiocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean) (suppressed) Archdiocese of Kerkūk (Chaldean)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19499,000111181849ap1951
19706,150500,0001.2%441,53745ap1971
19804,256441,06423ap1981
19905,470441,36723ap1991
19995,050441,26223ap2000
20005,115441,27823ap2001
20015,050331,68323ap2002
20025,095331,69823ap2003
20035,040331,68023ap2004
20045,700331,90023ap2005
20065,600222,800473ap2007
20077,000551,400373ap2010
20137,8315389787325ap2014
20164,0006666631106ap2017
20195,125668543156ap2020
20217,000661,1663196ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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