Chaldean Catholic Church

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Christian church Eastern Catholic Church particular church sui iuris

The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Chaldean (East Syriac) tradition, primarily rooted in Iraq and neighboring regions, that is in full communion with the Pope while preserving its own liturgy and hierarchy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chaldean Catholics	3
Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syriac Rite)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian church ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ particular church sui iuris ⓘ
baptismPractice	infant baptism ⓘ
christology	Dyophysite (two natures of Christ) in Catholic formulation ⓘ
clericalRank	bishop ⓘ deacon ⓘ priest ⓘ
communionDeclared	16th century ⓘ
communionWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Pope ⓘ surface form: Pope of Rome
confersChrismationWithBaptism	yes ⓘ
countryOfDiaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Syria ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentPatriarch	Louis Raphaël I Sako ⓘ
eucharisticDiscipline	communion under both kinds ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
hasClericalCelibacyDiscipline	episcopal celibacy required ⓘ married priests permitted (according to Eastern discipline) ⓘ
hasHierarchyType	patriarchal ⓘ
hasPatriarchalSee	Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans ⓘ
headTitle	Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans ⓘ
languageOfCatechesis	Arabic ⓘ English (in diaspora) ⓘ Kurdish (in some regions) ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	East Syriac rite ⓘ surface form: East Syriac liturgical family
liturgicalLanguage	Aramaic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
majorCountryOfFaithful	Iraq ⓘ
originatesFrom	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East
patriarchalCathedral	Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows, Baghdad ⓘ
primaryEthnicBase	Assyrian/Chaldean people ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chaldean Catholics
primaryRegion	Iraq ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
recognizesCouncil	Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent (through communion with Rome)
recognizesPapalPrimacy	yes ⓘ
riteName	East Syriac rite ⓘ surface form: Chaldean Rite
separatedFrom	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
tradition	East Syriac rite ⓘ surface form: East Syriac Rite
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar (for liturgical feasts in many dioceses) Julian-related traditional reckoning (for some feasts and customs) ⓘ
usesScript	Arabic script (for some publications) ⓘ Syriac alphabet ⓘ surface form: Syriac script

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Syriac Rite → isUsedBy → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Syriac → liturgicalLanguageOf → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Chaldean Catholic Church → primaryEthnicBase → Chaldean Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaldean Catholics

Assyrian Church of the East → relatedChurch → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Hormuzd Rassam → religion → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Sūrāyē → religiousAffiliationCommon → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → religiousCommunity → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Assyrians → religiousDenomination → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → religiousUse → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Assyrian Church of the East → sharesLiturgyWith → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syriac Rite)

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → spokenBy → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaldean Catholics

Peshitta → usedBy → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Syriac liturgical year → usedBy → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

East Syriac script → usedByCommunity → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Syriac → usedIn → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

Assyrian genocide → victim → Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaldean Catholics