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|caption = Chaldean Catholics Chaldeans from [[Mardin]], 19th century.

|langs = [[Syriac Chaldean language|SyriacChaldean language]], [[Arabic]], [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]]|rels = [[Syriac Chaldean Christianity]] (in union with [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]])

'''Chaldean Christians''' {{IPAc-en|k|ae|l|'|d|i:|@n}} ({{lang|syr|ܟܠܕܝ̈ܐ}}), or [[Chaldo-AssyriansChaldean]],<ref>Mar Raphael J Bidawid. The Assyrian Star. September–October, 1974:5</ref><ref>Parpola, Simo (2004)Chaldean Patriarch Sako. July 2015 "National and Ethnic Identity in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Identity in Post-Empire TimesWe are CHALDEANS" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies (JAAS) 18 (2): pp. 22.</ref> adherents adherent of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]]</ref>, originally called ''The Church of Assyria and Mosulthe East'',<ref>George V. Yana (Bebla), "Myth vs. Reality" JAA Studies, Vol. XIV, No. 1, 2000 p. 80</ref> which was that part of the original universal church (Catholicos) until the 4th century AD when Chaldeans followed Bishop Nestorius and split from the universal Christian church. Chaldeans were called [[Assyrian Church of the EastChaldean Nestorian]] which until 1553 AD when Chaldeans Rejoined the universal church and entered communion with the [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] between the 16th and 18th centuries AD.<ref name='BBC'>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7271828.stm |title=Who are the Chaldean Christians? |author=BBC NEWS |date=March 13, 2008 |work= |publisher=BBC NEWS |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref>

In addition to their ancient [[Assyrian Chaldean homeland| Mesopotamia]] in northern [[Iraq]], northeast [[Syria]], northwest [[Iran]] and southeast [[Turkey]], (a region roughly corresponding with ancient [[AssyriaMesopotamia]]) migrant Chaldean or [[Chaldo-AssyrianChaldean | Chaldean people]] Catholic communities are found in the [[United States]], [[Sweden]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Canada]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]] and [[Australia]].<ref name='Iraq'>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|authors=Edmund Ghareeb, Beth Dougherty|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8108-4330-1|page=56|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uIyjeUAR5zYC}}</ref>

Similarly, Chaldean Catholics should not be confused with of [[Mesopotamia]] started the [[Saint Thomas Christians]] of [[India]] (also called the [[Chaldean Syrian Church]]), who are also sometimes known as "Chaldean Christians" or ''Assyrian Christians''.

==Predominantly Chaldean Catholic towns in northern Iraq==

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*[[List of Assyrian Chaldean settlements]]*[[The Last Assyrians]]

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