Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul
The Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (or informally Mossul of the Syrians) is a Syrian Catholic (alias Syriac Catholic; Antiochian Rite, Syriac language) non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Iraq.
It is immediately subject to the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
It has its cathedral episcopal see Syriac Cathedral, in Al-Mosul.
History
It was established in 1790, without rite-specific predecessor.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 45,000 Eastern Catholics in 15 parishes and 2 missions with 82 priests (56 diocesan, 26 religious), 1 deacon, 36 lay religious (33 brothers, 3 sisters) and 15 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
- Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Mossul
(incomplete? ; all Syrian Rite)
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- Cyrille Behnam Benni (1862 – 1893.10.12), later Eparch (Bishop) of Mardin and Amida of the Syrians (Turkey) (1893.10.12 – 1897.09.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) ([1893.10.12] 1894.05.18 – death 1897.09.13)
- Grégoire Pierre Habra (born Syria) (1901.08.16 – 1924.03.24), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syrians (Syria) (1924.03.24 – death 1933.03.21)
- Atanasio Giorgio (Cyrille) Dallal (1926.07.31 – death 1951.12.14), previously Archeparch of Baghdad of the Syrians (Iraq) (1912.09.04 – 1926.07.31)
- Jules Georges Kandela (1952.03.07 – 1959.08.23), previously Titular Bishop of Cephas ([1951.04.26] 1951.08.15 – 1952.03.07); later Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchate Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) (1959.08.23 – 1971) & Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria (1959.08.23 – death 1980.04.15)
- Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (1959.10.23 – death 1999.12.09)
- Basile Georges Casmoussa (1999.09.22 – 2011.03.01), later Bishop of Curia of the Syrians (2011.03.01 – ...), Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Syrians (2014.01.13 – 2017.06.21), Apostolic Visitor in Australia of the Syrians (2017.06.21 – ...)
- Boutros Moshe (2011.03.01 – ...), no previous prelature.