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Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aqra

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Source revisionNov 24, 2023
Entity authorityQ277226 ↗
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The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aqra (also spelled Aqrā or Akra) is an Eastern Catholic eparchy (diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (which uses the East Syriac Rite) in northern Iraq.

It is a suffragan of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and has its episcopal see in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Aqrah.

History

The eparchy was established in 1850, on territory split off from the then Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiyah.

It was suppressed and merged back into its mother church on 23 April 1895, when its eparch acceded to the cathedral throne, but was restored to an independent Eparchy on 24 February 1910.

Eparchs

Giovanni Elia Mellus, Order of Saint Jerome (O.S.H.) (1864.10.07 – 1890.09.04), later Eparch (Bishop) of Mardin of the Chaldeans (1890.09.04 – death 1908.02.16)

Giovanni Sahhar (1890.09.09 – 1909.06.13), later (during the suppression of the see) Eparch of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1895.04.29 – 1909.06.13)

Paul Cheikho (1947.02.22 – 1957.06.28), later Eparch of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1957.06.28 – 1958.12.13), Bishop of Mosul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1958.12.13 – 1960), Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1958.12.13] 1959.03.12 – death 1989.04.13), President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1969 – 1989.04.13) and President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1976 – 1989.04.13)

André Sana (1957.06.20 – 1977.12.14), later Metropolitan Archeparch of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1977.12.14 – 2003.09.27; died 2013)

Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. (1980.04.23 – 1998.07.25), also Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1982 – 1998)

Youhanna Issa Apostolic Administrator (1999 – ...).

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1850, 1895, 1910, 1864—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1910. The account is most persuasive where Chaldean, Catholic and Eparchy can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 24, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q277226. VIAF identifies the subject as 254106068. Authority coordinates are 36.741, 43.893. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1850, 1895, 1910 and 1864.

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