Archdiocese of Baghdad

Historical Details

• Diocese of Baghdad
  • Latin Name: Bagdathensis Latinorum
  • Erected: 6 September 1632
  • Country: Iraq

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. † (6 Sep 1632 Appointed - 23 Dec 1639 Resigned)
• Jean Duval, O.C.D. † (16 Aug 1638 Appointed - 10 Apr 1669 Died)
• Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. † (10 Apr 1669 Succeeded - 7 Nov 1682 Died)
• François Picquet † (26 Apr 1683 Appointed - 26 Aug 1685 Died)
• Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. † (24 Nov 1687 Appointed - 20 Nov 1717 Died)
• Dominique-Marie Varlet † (20 Feb 1719 Succeeded - 25 May 1719 Removed)
• Emmanuel a S. Alberto (Bruno) Baillet (Ballyet), O.C.D. † (26 Nov 1742 Appointed - 4 Apr 1773 Died)
• Jean-Baptiste Miroudot Du Bourg, O. Cist. † (15 Apr 1776 Appointed - 13 Apr 1791 Removed)
• Georges Bock, O.C.D. † (17 Apr 1804 Appointed - )
• Blaise de Saint-Matthieu, O.C.D. † (27 Nov 1807 Appointed - )
• Antonio Prandi, O.C.D. † (15 May 1813 Appointed - )
• Felice Piazza, O.C.D. † (6 Feb 1816 Appointed - )
• Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie, S.M.M. † (2 May 1820 Appointed - 26 Apr 1831 Died)
• Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. † (4 May 1832 Appointed - 13 Feb 1835 Appointed, Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne))
• Marie-Laurent Trioche † (14 Mar 1837 Appointed - 28 Nov 1887 Died)
• Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. † (24 Nov 1887 Succeeded - 23 Aug 1902 Resigned)
• François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. † (7 Nov 1902 Appointed - 27 May 1917 Died)
• François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. † (9 Aug 1921 Appointed - 4 Apr 1929 Died)
• Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † (1 Apr 1939 Appointed - 17 Sep 1964 Retired)
• Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † (2 Aug 1965 Appointed - 16 Jan 1970 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Gurza)
• Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. † (23 Mar 1972 Appointed - 30 May 1983 Retired)
• Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (30 May 1983 Appointed - 30 Jul 1999 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut})
• Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (29 Nov 2000 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Baghdad
1949	1,015	5,000,000	.0%		42	42	24		50	124	3	ap1951
1970	2,000	8,150,000	.0%		21	21	95		21	52	3	ap1971
1980	3,500				15	15	233		15	40	3	ap1981
1990	3,500				14	14	250		15	149	3	ap1991
1999	3,000				10	10	300		11	175	3	ap2000
2000	2,500				12	12	208		12	179	3	ap2001
2001	2,500				11	11	227		14	155	3	ap2002
2002	2,500				11	11	227		13	160	3	ap2003
2003	2,000				12	12	166		15	165	3	ap2004
2004	2,000				14	14	142	1	20	182	3	ap2005
2006	2,500				14	14	178		14	177	3	ap2007
2012	1,000				16	16	62		18	163	3	ap2013
2015	250,000				11	11	22,727		13	171	3	ap2016
2018	300,000				14	14	21,428		14	132	2	ap2019
2020	307,800			1	11	12	25,650		11	124	3	ap2021
2022	500			1	12	13	38		24	110	3	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (Archbishop: 30 May 1983 to 30 Jul 1999)
• Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. (Archbishop: 29 Nov 2000 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Aug 1884; Archbishop: 24 Nov 1887 to 23 Aug 1902)
• Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 10 Mar 1857 to 1866)
• Emmanuel a S. Alberto (Bruno) Baillet (Ballyet), O.C.D. † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1742 to 4 Apr 1773)
• François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1921 to 4 Apr 1929)
• Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 1 Apr 1939 to 17 Sep 1964)
• Georges Bock, O.C.D. † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Apr 1804)
• Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. † (Bishop: 4 May 1832 to 13 Feb 1835)
• Nicolás Castells, O.F.M. Cap. † (Apostolic Administrator: 19 Jun 1866 to 7 Sep 1873)
• Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie, S.M.M. † (Bishop: 2 May 1820 to 26 Apr 1831)
• François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1902 to 27 May 1917)
• Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 May 1661; Bishop: 10 Apr 1669 to 7 Nov 1682)
• Jean Duval, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1638 to 10 Apr 1669)
• Naamat Augustinus Falguières, C.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 May 1831 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Gatien de Galiczon † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Jul 1707 to 27 Sep 1712)
• Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 3 Mar 1874 to 8 Aug 1883)
• Jean-Baptiste Miroudot Du Bourg, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1776 to 13 Apr 1791)
• Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1972 to 30 May 1983)
• Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1632 to 23 Dec 1639)
• Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † (Archbishop: 2 Aug 1965 to 16 Jan 1970)
• Jacques Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 May 1715 to 29 Aug 1718)
• Felice Piazza, O.C.D. † (Vicar Apostolic: 6 Feb 1816)
• François Picquet † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1683 to 26 Aug 1685)
• Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1687 to 20 Nov 1717)
• Antonio Prandi, O.C.D. † (Vicar Apostolic: 15 May 1813)
• Blaise de Saint-Matthieu, O.C.D. † (Vicar Apostolic: 27 Nov 1807)
• Marie-Laurent Trioche † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1837; Archbishop: 19 Sep 1848 to 28 Nov 1887)
• Dominique-Marie Varlet † (Coadjutor Bishop: 17 Sep 1718; Bishop: 20 Feb 1719 to 25 May 1719)