Chaldean Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Chaldean or Syro-Oriental Rite

Type: Patriarchal

Population: 537,000

Official Languages: Syriac, Aramaic

 

Patriarchal See: Baghdad (Iraq)

Synod: Synod of the Chaldean Church

 

Saints: 4 Saints

Jurisdictions (23): Patriarchates Patriarchate (1), Metr. Archdioceses Metr. Archdiocese (4), Archdioceses Archdiocese (5), Dioceses Diocese (11), Patriarchal Territories Patriarchal Territory (2)


Australia Australia: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

Canada Canada: Mar Addai of Toronto

Egypt Egypt: Cairo

Iran Iran: Tehran, Urmyā, Ahvaz, Salmas

Iraq Iraq: Baghdad, Baghdad, Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya, Bassorah, Erbil, Mossul–Aqrā, Alquoch, Duhok, Zakho

Israel Israel: Jerusalem

Jordan Jordan: Jordan

Lebanon Lebanon: Beirut

New Zealand New Zealand: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

Palestine Palestine: Jerusalem

Syria Syria: Aleppo

Turkiye Turkiye: Diarbekir

USA USA: Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit

 

by Type | Titular Sees | Changes in Jurisdictions

Religious Orders (1):Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans
Patriarch (2026.04.12 – ...):Patriarch Paul III Nona (58)Patriarch Paul III Nona (58)

President of Synod of the Chaldean Church

President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Apostolic Visitator in Europe (2025.07.01 – ...):Archbishop Habib Hermez Jajou Al-Nawfali (65)Archbishop Habib Hermez Jajou Al-Nawfali (65)

Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Retired Patriarch Patriarchs (2): Patriarch Paul III Nona (58)Nona, Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako (77)Sako (Cardinal)

Retired Archbishop Archbishops (9)

Retired Bishop Bishops (13)

Living Prelates | Appointments | Officials

Last updated on 2026.04.13

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