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Syriac Archdiocese of

Mossul

Iraq Iraq

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Archdiocese

Population: 4,500 Catholics (2016)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 2 missions, 48 priests (22 diocesan, 26 religious), 30 lay religious (27 brothers, 3 sisters), 6 seminarians (2016)

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Homs (↙), Hassaké–Nisibi (←), Adiabene (→), Baghdad (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Website: Link

History

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Homs (↙), Hassaké–Nisibi (←), Adiabene (→), Baghdad (↘)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2011.03.01 – ...):Archbishop Boutros Moshe (77)Archbishop Boutros Moshe (77)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Mossul (Syriac Rite)

Archbishop Boutros Moshe (77)Archbishop Boutros Moshe (77)Permalink
(2011.03.01 – ...)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Born:1943.11.23 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:2011.04.16

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (2011.03.01 – ...)

Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (82)Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (82)Permalink
(1999.09.22 – 2011.03.01)

Apostolic Visitator in Australia of the Syriacs
Archbishop emeritus of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

Born:1938.10.25 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1962.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1999.12.09

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) ([1999.05.08] 1999.09.22 – 2011.03.01)

Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs (2011.03.01 – 2017.06.21)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs (2014.01.13 – 2017.06.21)

Apostolic Visitator in Australia of the Syriacs (2017.06.21 – ...)

Archbishop Cyrille Emmanuel BenniPermalink
(1959.10.23 – 1999.12.09)

Born:1921.01.01 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1944.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1959.12.08
Died:1999.12.09 († 78)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) ([1959.10.06] 1959.10.23 – 1999.12.09)

Archbishop Jules Georges KandelaPermalink
(1952.03.07 – 1959.08.23)

Born:1889.12.03 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1913.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1951.08.15
Died:1980.04.15 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Cephas ([1951.04.26] 1951.08.15 – 1952.03.07)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) ([1952.02.20] 1952.03.07 – 1959.08.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1959.08.23 – 1971)

Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria (1959.08.23 – 1980.04.15)

Archbishop Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) DallalPermalink
(1926.07.31 – 1951.12.14)

Born:1876.10.20 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1900.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:1912.11.24
Died:1951.12.14 († 75)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1926.07.31 – 1951.12.14)

Archbishop Grégoire Pierre HabraPermalink
(1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24)

Born:1856.12.03 (Syria)
Died:1933.03.21 († 76)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1924.03.24 – 1933.03.21)

Archbishop Ignace Behnam II Benni (Cyrille Behnam) (later Patriarch)Permalink
(1862 – 1893.10.12)

Born:1831.08.14 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1856.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1862.03.09
Died:1897.09.13 († 66)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1862 – 1893.10.12)

Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (1893.10.12 – 1897.09.13)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1893.10.12] 1894.05.18 – 1897.09.13)

Former Prelates

as of 2021.02.12

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