 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushanduka kweIraqmuna 1958, imwe Cathedral itsva yakatsaurirwa kuna St. Zayʿā yakavakwa paKarrādat Maryam, nemipiro mikuru mumari uye muchimiro kubva kuJīlū vanamuzvinabhizimusi Lira naSupar. Pana 24 June 1959 kereke itsva yakatsaurirwa naMetropolitan Mar Yawsip Khnanishu uye Bishop Mār Īshoʿ Sargīs. Iyi tsauriro yakaratidzirwa nokuvapo kwavakuru vakuru vane mukurumbira, pakati pavo purezidhendi mutsva weIraq Abd al-Karim Qasim, pamwe chete navamwe vatungamiriri vorudzidziso. 