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Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Baghdad is an archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church, centered in Baghdad, capital city of Iraq. The diocese originated during the early medieval period. It is attested between the 9th and the 13th centuries [1], but later declined, to be renewed again in the 20th century, thus existing up to the modern times. The diocese was probably established soon after Baghdad became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 770s. Eight Syriac Orthodox bishops of Baghdad from the medieval period are mentioned in the narratives of Michael the Syrian, Bar Hebraeus and other sources.[2] Current Archbishop (since 1980) is Severius Jamil Hawa (b. 1931).[3]

## Sources

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Dioceses of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Near East during the medieval period, including the ancient Diocese of Baghdad

The main primary sources for the Syriac Orthodox bishops of Baghdad are the Chronicle of the Syriac Orthodox patriarch Michael the Syrian (1166–1199), who was one of the most notable Syriac Orthodox writers of the medieval period,[4] and also the Chronicon Ecclesiasticum of the thirteenth-century Jacobite polymath Bar Hebraeus.

## Bishops of Baghdad

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The names of nine Syriac Orthodox bishops of Baghdad are known to us between the ninth and thirteenth centuries.[1] The first bishop called Habib and he became the bishop of Baghdad in 818. Of of the bishops, Laʿzar bar Sabtha of Baghdad was deposed by the patriarch Dionysius of Tel Mahre (818–45) in 826.[5] and bishop Yohannan ordained by the patriarch Dionysius of Tel Mahre (818–45) in October or November 829 to replace the deposed bishop Laʿzar bar Sabtha.[6] The last bishop of Baghdad in before it lapsed in the 13th century was named Timothy Yeshu who was ordained in 1265.[1] After him, the diocese of Baghdad seems to have lapsed around the end of the thirteenth century, but was later renewed in the 20th century.

## 20th Century

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The Syriac Orthodox Church in Baghdad was re-established in 1962 as archbishopric for the church of Baghdad and Basra' Here's a list of the archbishops since that date

* Gregorios Boulus Behnam (1962-1969)
* Mor Severus Zakka (1969-1980). Later, Ignatius Zakka I, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
* Severus Jamil Hawa (1980-Present)

## See also

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* Dioceses of the Syriac Orthodox Church
* Oriental Orthodoxy in Iraq
* Syriac Orthodox Church

## References

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1. ^ a b c Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I. (2009). The Collected Historical Essays of Aphram I Barsoum. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. p. 45\. ISBN 9781607245377.
2. ^ Fiey 1993, p. 173-174.
3. ^ Mor Saverius Jamil Hawa
4. ^ Weltecke 2009, p. 115–125.
5. ^ Bar Hebraeus, Chronicon Ecclesiasticum, i. 366–72
6. ^ Bar Hebraeus, Chronicon Ecclesiasticum, i. 372

## Sources

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* Abbeloos, Jean Baptiste; Lamy, Thomas Joseph, eds. (1877). Bar Hebraeus, Chronicon Ecclesiasticum (3 vols). Paris.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, Patriarche Jacobite d'Antioche (1166-1199). Éditée pour la première fois et traduite en francais I-IV (1899;1901;1905;1910; a supplement to volume I containing an introduction to Michael and his work, corrections, and an index, was published in 1924. Reprinted in four volumes 1963, 2010).
* Fiey, Jean Maurice (1993). Pour un Oriens Christianus Novus: Répertoire des diocèses syriaques orientaux et occidentaux. Beirut: Orient-Institut. ISBN 9783515057189.
* Meyendorff, John (1989). Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780881410563.
* Weltecke, Dorothea (2009). "Michael the Syrian and Syriac Orthodox Identity". Church History and Religious Culture. 89 (1–3): 115–125\. doi:10.1163/187124109X408023.1–3&rft.pages=115-125&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info:doi/10.1163/187124109X408023&rft.aulast=Weltecke&rft.aufirst=Dorothea&rft_id=https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789047444367/Bej.9789004173750.i-366_006.xml&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Baghdad+(West+Syriac+diocese)" class="Z3988">

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