Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Amadia (Amadijah), Diocese of

AMADIA (AMADIJAH), DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Amadiya, Amadiyah

AMADIA (AMADIJAH), DIOCESE OF. - A residential Chaldean diocese, in Kurdistan, suffragan of Babylon of the Chaldeans. When A. was Nestorian it also included the present dioceses of Zâhû and Aqra Zehbar; and the situation remained unchanged even after the union with Rome. Only in 1850 was the division into three dioceses carried out. In 1895 Aqra was again united with A. under a single bishop, but in 1910 it was separated from it once more. The Catholic episcopal series begins with 1785. The faithful number 5,457 and the priests 17. The see is in the village of Arâden, where the faithful are more numerous than in A.

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BIBL.: J. B. Chabot, in Rev. de l'Orient Chrétien, 1 (1896), p. 449-53; Tinkdji, L'Eglise Chaldienne Cath., in A. Battandier, Annuaire Pontif. cath., Paris 1914, p. 52 of the offprint; Anon., Statistique des catholiques de rite chaldéen du patriarcat de Babylone, in Orientalia Chr. Periodica, 4 (1938), p. 273.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 959.

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Sfair, Pietro. “Amadia (Amadijah), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 959. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/amadia-amadijah-diocesi-di.

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Sfair, Pietro. “Amadia (Amadijah), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 959. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/amadia-amadijah-diocesi-di.

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  title     = {Amadia (Amadijah), diocesi di},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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