The Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on (or Patriarchal Dependency of) the Patriarch of Jerusalem is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the

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''sui iuris'' (

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Chaldean Rite The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Litur ...

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) covering the

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(

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and

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). As Territory Dependent on the Patriarch, it is immediately subject to the

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian god * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam ...

(actually in

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, Iraq), without being part of his or any other

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. It is not entitled to a (Titular) Bishop as Ordinary, the incumbents use the style

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(normally an official in an episcopal curia).

Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem

;Patriarchal Vicars/exarch of Jerusalem * Msgr. Paul Collin (1990 – 1991), next

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of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (1990 – ?)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerusalem, Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch Chaldean Catholic dioceses Christian organizations established in 1997

Patriarchal Vicars of Jerusalem

See also

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