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Chaldean Sisters was founded by Father Anton Zebouni, born on January 17, 1883, in Mosul, Iraq. Zebouni was ordained a priest on May 15, 1907, by Patriarch Emmanuel II Toma. In the aftermath of World War I, many in Iraq faced poverty and hardship. Father Zebouni, moved by the difficult conditions, sought to create a congregation for women to ...
St. John Chaldean Catholic Church is a Chaldean Catholic church located in El Cajon, California, United States. It is the third Chaldean parish in San Diego, serving the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle. The church building was originally owned by a non-Catholic Christian denomination before being acquired by the Eparchy. [1]
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima [1] or just Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Cairo is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church [2] and is located in the city of Cairo, the capital of the African country of Egypt. It is a temple that follows the Chaldean Catholic [3] or Eastern Syriac Rite in
The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil (Latin: Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum, Arabic: إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية) is a Chaldean Catholic diocese with its seat in Erbil, Kurdistan Region. Erected in 1968 with territory taken from the Archeparchy of Kirkuk, it is immediately subject to the Patriarchal See of Babylon.
The archdiocese of Kirkuk had a population of 218 Assyrian Chaldean families, with 9 priests and 8 churches, in 1850 ; 7,000 Chaldeans, with 22 priests and 16 churches, in 1896 (Chabot); and 5,840 Chaldeans, with 19 priests and 9 churches and a small Assyrian Church of the East community, in 1913 (Tfinkdji).
The vault of the main nave with a barrel roof was supported by four pairs of massive, four-edge pillars. Above the sanctuary there was a dome with semi-circular troops. Two Chaldean patriarchs were buried inside the building: Pierre Eliyya Abulyonan (1840–1894) and Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (1852–1947). The church also kept relics of the ...
The only significant Chaldean settlement left in the vicinity of Mardin was the village of Issadeir, several miles to the north. In 2005 the Chaldean Catholic Church was reopened, and served 5 Chaldean families. Due to the absence of a Chaldean Catholic priest, the church is managed by a local Syriac Orthodox priest. [4]
The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite, Syriac or Aramaic language) in southern Iraq. It is subject to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, without suffragan. Bishop of Basra