Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Alquoch

Eparchy of Alquoch Alquoshensis Chaldæorum
Location
Country	Iraq
Population - Catholics	32,070 (in 2009)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Chaldean Rite
Established	October 24, 1960
Secular priests	11 (in 2009)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Vacant
Bishop	Mar Mikha Pola Maqdassi

The Eparchy of Alqosh is the Chaldaean rite eparchy in Iraq, that was established in 1960.

The bishop is dependent to the Patriarch of Babylon.

Eparchial bishops

Bishops and archbishops of the Eparchy and their terms of service:

Chaldean Catholic Church hierarchy

Patriarchate	Babylon

Metropolitan archeparchies	Baghdad Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya Tehran Urmyā

Other archeparchies	Ahvaz Basra Diyarbakir Erbil Mosul

Eparchies	Aleppo Alquoch Aqra (Akra) Beirut Cairo Mar Addai of Toronto Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney Salmas (suffragan of Urmya) Zaku-Amadiya

Patriarchical dependencies	Jerusalem Jordan

Titular sees	Metropolitan : Rew-Ardashir / Other Archiepiscopal : Kaškar, Nisibis / Episcopal : Anbar, Mardin, Seert

Other former eparchies	Amadia, Gazireh, Perat-Maishan, Sulaimaniya, Zaku

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