Zaku-Amadiya (Chaldean Diocese)

The Diocese of Zaku and Amadiyah (Latin: Dioecesis Zachuensiset Amadiensis ) is a uniertes with the Roman Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic diocese based in Zakho, Iraq.

The diocese was founded in 1850 as the Diocese of Zaku. Due to the persecution of Christians and the resulting decline in the number of believers in Iraq, the diocese Zaku was incorporated on July 11, 2013 with the diocese to diocese Amadiyah Zaku and Amadiyah.

Ordinaries

  • Andrea Emmanuel Asmar (1859 - ...)
  • Stefano Kaynoja (1884 - ...)
  • Jeremie - Timothee Makdassi (1892-1929)
  • Pierre Aziz Ho (1929-1937)
  • Jean Nissan (1937-1956)
  • Thomas Rice (1957-1965)
  • Gabriel Koda (1965-1968), then archbishop of Kirkuk
  • Joseph babana (1968-1973)
  • Hanna Paul Marcus (1973-1983)
  • Stéphane Katchou (1983-1987)
  • Petros Hanna Issa Al- Harboli (2001-2010)
  • Rabban Al Qas - (since 2013)

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