Catholic Church

Also known as: Irak (Deutsch, polski), l'Irak (français), l'Iraq (français), Iraq (español, Italiano), Iraque (Português), 伊い拉ひしげ克かつ (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), イラク (日本語にほんご), Iraquia (latine)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Baghdad

Area: 437367 km²

Population: 39,192,111

Saints: 20 Saints

Religions: Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4%

Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population)

Ethnic Groups: Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)

Motto: Allahu Akbar (Arabic) (Allah is Great)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Jordan , ↖ Syria , ↑ Turkey , → Iran , ↘ Kuwait , ↓ Saudi Arabia

Circumscriptions (17): Patriarchates (1), Metr. Archdioceses (2), Archdioceses (7), Dioceses (5), Patriarchal Exarchates (2)

Roman Rite (1): Baghdad

Armenian Church (1): Baghdad

Chaldean Church (10): Alquoch, Aqrā, Babylon, Baghdad, Bassorah, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya, Mossul, Zakho

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Iraq

Syriac Church (4): Adiabene, Baghdad, Basra and the Gulf, Mossul

Cardinals (1 elector/1 total): Sako (73) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Iraq

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Latins dans les Régions Arabes (C.E.L.R.A.)

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Chaldean Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Assembly of Ordinaries: Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Conseil des Patriarches Catholiques d’Orient (C.P.C.O.)