Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)
Type: Patriarchal Exarchate
Name: Iraq
Immediately Subject to the Patriarch
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patriarchal Exarch: | vacant |
Patriarchal Administrator (2017.06.22 – ...): | ![]() Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites President of Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church President of Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in Syria |
Patriarchal Exarchs of Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite) | ||||||||||
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Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C.
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Archimandrite Nicholas Dagher Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (1986 – 1997) | ||||||||||
Archimandrite Laurent Fayçal, B.S. Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (1979 – 1986) | ||||||||||
Archimandrite Basilios Kanakry Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (1971 – 1978) Patriarchal Vicar of Kuwait of the Greek-Melkites (Kuwait) (1972.03.25 – 1991) Patriarchal Exarch of Kuwait of the Greek-Melkites (Kuwait) (1991 – 2002) | ||||||||||
Archimandrite Isaïe Dakkar Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq of the Greek-Melkites (Iraq) (? – 1971) |
Population: 70 Catholics (2020)
Statistics: 1 parish, 2 priests (diocesan) (2020)
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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