Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad
Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad Patriarchatus Chaldaeorum | |
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| Catholic | |
| Incumbent: Louis Raphaël I Sako elected 31 January 2013 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Headquarters | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Information | |
| First holder | Saint Thomas the Apostle (as Patriarch of the Church of the East by tradition), Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (as Chaldean Catholic Patriarch) |
| Denomination | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | Apostolic Era 280 as Diocese of Seleucia-Ctesifonte 1553 as Eastern Catholic Patriarchate |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Language | East-Syriac |
| Website | |
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The Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad, or simply the Chaldean Patriarchate (Latin: Patriarchatus Chaldaeorum), is the official title held by the primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Patriarchate is based in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq. The current patriarch is Louis Raphaël I Sako. He is assisted by the archbishop of Erbil Shlemon Warduni and the Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad, Basel Yaldo.
Chaldean Catholics are the majority of Assyrians in Iraq, an indigenous people of Upper Mesopotamia.