Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul
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The Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (or informally Mossul of the Syrians) is 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.
It has its cathedral episcopal see Syriac Cathedral, in Al-Mosul.
History
It was established in 1790.
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 (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 – ...)
- Boutros Moshe (2011.03.01 – ...)
