Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq

Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (Melkite Greek)
Location
CountryIraq
Statistics
Population
  • (as of 2011)
  • 400
Parishes1
Information
DenominationMelkite Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established1838
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
PatriarchYoussef Absi
Patriarchal ExarchSede vacante

Melkite (Greek) Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (informally Iraq of the (Greek-)Melkites) is a Patriarchal exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Greek language for part of Iraq.

It is immediately subject to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Melkites, not part of its or any other ecclesiastical province, and in Rome depends on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. It is currently vacant.