Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Iraq | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| 280 | Diocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 300 | Archdiocese of KaŔkar (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 300 | Diocese of SeleuciaāCtesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 400 | Diocese of SeleuciaāCtesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of SeleuciaāCtesifonte |
| 410 | Diocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perat-Maishan |
| 500 | Archdiocese of KaŔkar (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
| 800 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was established (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of SeleuciaāCtesifonte) |
| 800 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of SeleuciaāCtesifonte (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon) |
| 1200 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
| 1553.04.20 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal See of Babylon |
| 1553.04.20 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1628 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was established |
| 1632.09.06 | Diocese of Baghdad was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1750 | Mission sui juris of Mossul was established |
| 1785 | Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean Rite) was established (became suffragan of Babylon) |
| 1789 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1790 | Archdiocese of Mossul (Syriac Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1800 | Diocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1817 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Syria and Cilicia |
| 1838.09.17 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
| 1848.08.19 | Diocese of Baghdad was promoted as Archdiocese of Baghdad |
| 1850 | Diocese of AqrÄ (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Amadiyah) |
| 1850 | Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Diocese of Amadiyah and Diocese of Gazireh) |
| 1860 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was restored |
| 1862.09.28 | Archdiocese of Baghdad (Syriac Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1895 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of Perat-Maishan (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
| 1895.04.23 | Diocese of AqrÄ (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Amadiyah) |
| 1896 | Apostolic Prefecture of Syria and Cilicia was demoted as Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia |
| 1910.02.24 | Diocese of AqrÄ (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Amadiyah and became suffragan of Babylon) |
| 1953 | Mission sui juris of Syria and Cilicia was suppressed |
| 1954.01.17 | Archdiocese of Bassorah (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1954.06.29 | Archdiocese of Baghdad (Armenian Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mardin and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1960.10.24 | Diocese of Alquoch (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baghdad and became suffragan of Babylon) |
| 1967 | Titular Archiepiscopal See of KaŔkar (Chaldean Rite) was restored |
| 1967.02.14 | Diocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was promoted as Archdiocese of Mossul |
| 1968.03.07 | Archdiocese of Erbil (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1968.03.07 | Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite) was established (became suffragan of Kirkuk) |
| 1969 | Mission sui juris of Mossul was suppressed |
| 1980 | Titular Episcopal See of Anbar (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1986 | Titular Metropolitan See of Tagritum (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 1991 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf (Syriac Rite) was established |
| 2004.07 | Titular Episcopal See of Hirta was established |
| 2013.06.10 | Diocese of Amadiyah (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Zaku) |
| 2013.06.10 | Diocese of Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku) |
| 2013.07.11 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of KirkukāSulaimaniya (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Sulaimaniya and lost suffragan see Sulaimaniya) |
| 2013.07.11 | Diocese of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of KirkukāSulaimaniya) |
| 2018.12.22 | Diocese of AqrÄ (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed (to Archdiocese of MossulāAqrÄ) |
| 2018.12.22 | Archdiocese of Mossul (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Archdiocese of MossulāAqrÄ (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of AqrÄ) |
| 2019.06.28 | Diocese of Adiabene (Syriac Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Mossul and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 2020.06.27 | Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Diocese of Duhok (lost territory to establish Diocese of Zakho) |
| 2020.06.27 | Diocese of Zakho (Chaldean Rite) was restored (from Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku and became suffragan of Babylon) |
| 2020.09.10 | Titular Metropolitan See of Tagritum (Syriac Rite) was demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Tagritum |
| 2022.02.19 | Patriarchal See of Babylon (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Patriarchal See of Baghdad |
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