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The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church.
It is part of Syriac Christianity and employs the East Syriac Rite in the Syriac dialect of the Aramaic language.
It is headquartered in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq, and is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako.
In 2010, it had a membership of 490,371, of whom 310,235 lived in the Middle East (mainly in Iraq).
Approximately 80% of Iraqi Christians are of the Chaldean Catholic Church, according to the Iraqi Christian Foundation.
The Chaldean Catholic Church arose following a schism within the Church of the East.
The "Shimun line" of patriarchs entered into communion with the Catholic Church in 1552 but later loosened their link with Rome.
Leadership of those who wished to be in communion with Rome passed to the Archbishop of Amid Joseph I in 1681.
In 1830, headship of the Catholics was conferred on Yohannan Hormizd, a member of the "Eliya line" family who opposed Eliya XII.
The "Shimun line" is now that of the church that officially adopted the name "Assyrian Church of the East", while a member of the "Eliya line" family is part of the series of patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

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Test your knowledge of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church with a rich history and unique traditions. Learn about its Syriac roots, use of the East Syriac Rite, and current leadership under Catholicos-Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako. Discover the church's membership numbers and its significance in Iraq, where 80% of Christians are Chaldean Catholics. Explore the church's origins following a schism within the Church of the