Back الكنيسة الكلدانية الكاثوليكية Arabic ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ ARC الكنيسه الكلدانيه الكاثوليكيه ARZ Església Catòlica Caldea Catalan کڵێسای کاسۆلیکی کلدانی CKB Chaldejská katolická církev Czech Yr Eglwys Gatholig Galdeaidd Welsh Chaldäisch-katholische Kirche German Ĥaldea katolika Eklezio Esperanto Iglesia católica caldea Spanish
 Chaldean Catholic Church | |
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| Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ | |
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| Classification | Eastern Catholic |
| Orientation | Syriac Christianity (Eastern) |
| Scripture | Peshitta[1] |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Governance | Holy Synod of the Chaldean Church[2] |
| Pope | Francis |
| Patriarch | Louis Raphaël I Sako |
| Region | Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon with diaspora |
| Language | Liturgical: Syriac[3] |
| Liturgy | East Syriac Rite |
| Headquarters | Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Founder | Traces ultimate origins to Thomas the Apostle and the Apostolic Era through Addai and Mari, Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa |
| Origin | 1552 |
| Separated from | Church of the East |
| Separations | Chaldean Syrian Church (1907) |
| Members | 616,639 (2018)[4] |
| Other name(s) | Chaldean Patriarchate |
| Official website | chaldeanpatriarchate |
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The Chaldean Catholic Church[a] is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui iuris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is headed by the Chaldean Patriarchate. Employing in its liturgy the East Syriac Rite in the Syriac dialect of the Aramaic language, it is part of Syriac Christianity. Headquartered in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq, since 1950, it is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako. According to a 1950 CIA report on Iraq, Chaldean Catholic Assyrians numbered 98,000 and were the largest Christian minority.[5] In the late 2010s, it had a membership of 616,639, with a large population in diaspora and its home country of Iraq.[4][6]
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reports that, according to the Iraqi Christian Foundation, an agency of the Chaldean Catholic Church, approximately 80% of Iraqi Christians are of that church.[7] In its own 2018 Report on Religious Freedom, the United States Department of State put the Chaldean Catholics at approximately 67% of the Christians in Iraq.[8] The 2019 Country Guidance on Iraq of the European Union Agency for Asylum gives the same information as the United States Department of State.[9]
The majority of Chaldean Catholics (Syriac: ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܩܲܬܘܿܠܝܼܩܵܝܹ̈ܐ),[10] today are ethnic Assyrians, also known as Chaldo-Assyrians. In the Assyrian homeland, Chaldean Catholics primarily inhabited villages and cities such as Alqosh, Ankawa, Araden, Baqofah, Batnaya, Karamlesh, Mangesh, Shaqlawa, Tesqopa, Tel Keppe, and Zakho.
- ^ Introduction To Bibliology: What Every Christian Should Know About the Origins, Composition, Inspiration, Interpretation, Canonicity, and Transmission of the Bible
- ^ Synod of the Chaldean Church | GCatholic.org
- ^ "The Chaldean Catholic Church". CNEWA. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ a b Eastern Catholic Churches Worldwide 2018
- ^ "National Intelligence Survey: Iraq: Section 43" (PDF). CIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017.
- ^ CNEWA 2016.
- ^ Brief Summary on Iraqi Christians
- ^ Iraq 2018 International Religious Freedom Report, p. 3
- ^ European Asylum Support Office: Country Guidance - Iraq (June 2019), p. 70
- ^ "ܣܝܡܝܕܐ ܕܬܠܬܐ ܟܗܢܐ ܓܘ ܡܕܝܢܿܬܐ ܕܥܢܟܒ̣ܐ ܕܐܪܩ" (in Syriac). Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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