Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad
The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church, covering Iraq.
It is directly dependent of the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his Metropolitan ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Nareg, in the Iraqi national capital Baghdad, after which the archeparchy s colloquially known as Baghdad of the Armenians.
History
It was established on 29 June 1954, on territory split off from the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin, whose Eparch was transferred to the Baghdad daughter see.Episcopal ordinaries
;Non-Metropolitan Archeparchs of Baghdad of the Armenians.- Nersès Tayroyan, previously Archbishop of mother archeparchy Mardin of the Armenians, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Melitene of the Armenians
- Hovhannes Kasparian, I.C.P.B., later Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
- Paul Coussa, previously Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia of the Armenians & Patriarchal Exarch of Syria of the Armenians
- Apostolic Administrator Andon Atamian
- Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B.