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The Chaldean Catholic Church or the Chaldean Church of Babylon (Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية‎, al-kanīsä 'l-kaldāniyyä) is an Eastern particular church of the Roman Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church presently comprises an estimated 600,000 - 700,000 Chaldean Christians.^[1] Arabic redirects here. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Athanasius · Augustine · Constantine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas Calvin · Luther · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      The... A particular Church, in Catholic theology and Canon law, is any of the individual constituent ecclesial communities in full communion with Rome that are part of the Catholic Church as a whole. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Full communion is completeness of that relationship between Christian individuals and groups which is known as communion. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pope. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... The Chaldean Christians (also known as Chaldo-Assyrians; Neo-Aramaic: ܟܠܕܝܐ Keldani), adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church, form a subset of the Assyrian people. ...

History

The Chaldean Church descends from the Church of the East: After the massacres of Tamerlane around 1400 had devastated several bishoprics, Patriarch Shimun IV (1437-1493) made the office hereditary within his own family^[2] Dissent over this practice grew until in 1552 a group of bishops refused to accept the hereditary succession of Shimun VII Ishuyau bar Mama (1539-1558).^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Chaldean. ... Church of the East related to those churches under the dominion of the first Patriarchate of Jerusalem which was first transferred from Jerusalem to Pella as following the 135CE Roman ban on Jews the city was given over to Antiochs jurisdiction. ... For the chess engine Tamerlane, see Tamerlane. ...

They elected Mar Yohanan Sulaqa, the superior of the Rabban Hormizd monastery 30 miles (48 km) north of Nineveh as a rival Patriarch. With the help of the Latin missionaries Sulaqa travelled to Rome and met with the Pope, eventually entering into communion with the Catholic Church. On February 20, 1553 he was proclaimed as the patriarch of "Mosul and Athur" (Assyria) by Pope Julius III.^[3] The Chronicle of the Carmelites states that Sulagga was proclaimed "Patriarch of the Eastern Assyrians" but on April 19, 1553 the title was changed to "Patriarch of the Chaldeans",^[4] to distinguish his group from the Assyrian church^[1] and perhaps in reference to the Old Testament, which gives Abraham's birth place as "Ur of Chaldee". For other uses, see Pope (disambiguation). ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Pope Julius III (September 10, 1487 – March 23, 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was Pope from February 22, 1550 to 1555. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Note: Judaism...

In 1662, Patriarch Mar Simon XIII Dinkha,^{[citation needed]} broke communion with Rome and moved his seat from Diyarbakır to the village of Qochanis in the Turkish mountains. The Holy See responded by appointing a new patriarch to Diyarbakır to govern the Chaldeans who stayed loyal to the Holy See. This group became known as the Chaldean Catholic Church. Diyarbakır (Ottoman Turkish: دیاربکر land of the Bekr as derived from Persian; Kurdish Amed; Syriac ; Greek Amida; Armenian Ô±Õ´Õ«Õ¤ Amid) is a major city in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. ...

Starting in the mid-18th century the Assyrians of the Plain of Nineveh were gradually converted to Catholicism by the Latin Missionaries. Their communion with Rome was finalized in July 1830, when Pope Pius VIII confirmed John Hormizd, patriarch of the Church of the East, who had been instrumental in spreading Catholic faith among his people, as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Church.^[5] Pope Pius VIII (November 20, 1761 – December 1, 1830), born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, was Pope in 1829 and 1830. ...

The most recent development in the Chaldean Rite of the Catholic Church has been the creation of the Eparchy of Oceania, with the title of 'St Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans'.^{[citation needed]} This jurisdiction includes the Chaldean Catholic communities of Australia and New Zealand, and the first Bishop, named by Pope Benedict XVI on 21st October 2006, is Archbishop Djibrail Kassab, until this date, Archbishop of Bassorah in Iraq.^{[citation needed]} The church's relations with the Assyrian Church of the East have improved in recent years. A meeting in 1996 between H.H Mar Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church and Mar Raphael I Bidawad of the Chaldean Catholic Church began an effort to bring the two churches into eventual communion.^{[citation needed]} The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle is in Sydney, Australia and is immediately subject to the Holy See. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Assyrian Church of the East... ...

The current Patriarch is Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly, elected in 2003 on the death of Mar Bidawid. In October of 2007 Delly became the first Chaldean Catholic to be elevated to the rank of Cardinal within the Roman Catholic Church. ^[6] Emmanuel III Delly: Name for the current head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. ... For other uses, see Cardinal (disambiguation). ...

There has been a large immigration to the United States particularly to Southeast Michigan.^{[citation needed]} There is also a population in parts of California and Arizona. Several thousands are stranded in passage ^[7]. The church's most notable member was Saddam Hussein's foreign minister, Tariq Aziz. Southeast Michigan is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the states residents, businesses, and industries. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ... Mikhail Yuhanna, later and more popularly known as Tariq Aziz or Tareq Aziz, (Arabic: طارق عزيز, Syriac: ܜܪܩ ܥܙܝܙ) (born 1936 in Tel Keppe) was the Foreign Minister (1983 – 1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 – 2003) of Iraq, and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein for decades. ...

Hierarchy

A patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. ... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called Metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word, authentically latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as rule over something, but has the following specific meanings, both in political history and in the hierarchy of eastern churches. ... The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle is in Sydney, Australia and is immediately subject to the Holy See. ... For other senses, see Patriarch (disambiguation). ...

Chaldean-Assyrian Catholic Church in Iran

• Diocese of Sanandaj
• Archdiocese of Tehran
• Archdiocese of Urmih
• Archdiocese of Ahwaz

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Chaldean Christian Martyrs

• Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni, with subdeacons Basman Yousef Daud, Wahid Hanna Isho, and Gassan Isam Bidawed, 3 June 2007, Mosul, Iraq.
• Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho and three companions, 29 February 2008, Mosul, Iraq.

Ragheed Aziz Ganni (20 January 1972, Mosul, Iraq - 3 June 2007, Mosul) was a Chaldean Catholic priest who was murdered together with subdeacons Basman Yousef Daud, Wahid Hanna Isho, and Gassan Isam Bidawed after the Sunday evening Eucharist at Mosuls Holy Spirit Chaldean Church. ...

See also

• Eastern Catholicism
• Eastern Orthodoxy
• Chaldean Assyrians
• Liturgies: East Syrian Rite, Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari
• Byzantine Discalced Carmelites

... ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The East Syrian Rite is also known as the Chaldean Rite, Assyrian Rite, or Persian Rite. ... The Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari belongs to the East Syrian liturgical family (see Syriac Christians) and is in regular use in the Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church. ... The Byzantine Discalced Carmelites [1] are a community of cloistered nuns of the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church living committed to a life of prayer, according to the tradition and lifestyle of the Discalced Carmelites. ...

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• Chaldean Catholic Church - from the website of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
• Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Saint Peter
• Catholic Churches (In German)
• East Syrian Rite (Catholic Encyclopedia)
• History of the Chaldean Church

The Catholic Near East Welfare Association is an agency of the Holy See, founded by Pope Pius XI in 1926 to support the churches and peoples of the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe, its first president was Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. [1] CNEWA’s operating agency... Not to be confused with New Catholic Encyclopedia. ...

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