Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney / Sancti Thomas Apostoli Sydneyen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

History

2006.10.21: Established as Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney / Sancti Thomas Apostoli Sydneyen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Contact Info

Address: 66-78 Quarry Road, Bossley Park, NSW 2176; PO Box 3120, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9823 1800

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona (58) (later Patriarch)
(2015.01.15 – 2026.04.12)

Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
President of Synod of the Chaldean Church
President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

Good hope towards humankind

Born:	1967.11.01 (Alqosh, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.08

Priest of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1991.01.11 – 2009.11.13)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2009.11.13 – 2015.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia) (2015.01.15 – 2026.04.12)

Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2026.04.12 – ...)

President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (2026.04.12 – ...)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (2026.04.12 – ...)

Archbishop Djibrail Kassab (87)
(2006.10.21 – 2015.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)

Born:	1938.08.04 (Telkef, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1961.01.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.05

Priest of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1961.01.19 – 1995.10.24)

Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1995.10.24 – 2006.10.21)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia) (2006.10.21 – 2015.01.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church, Bossley Park, New South Wales, Australia

Churches by City (7)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 79,608 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes

Personnel: 13 priests (11 diocesan, 2 religious), 10 deacons, 4 religious (2 brothers, 2 sisters), 5 seminarians

Chaldean Diocese of

Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney