Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad

The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad is a non-metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church "sui iuris" (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) for the central part of Iraq.
It is directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (actually in Beirut), not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province, and in Rome depends on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
The cathedral of the archeparchy is the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, in the capital of Baghdad.
History.
Established on 1862.09.28 as Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Baghdad, on Iraqi territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church "sui iuris".