There were 1,100 believers of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya (a historical diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church established in 1785) in Mengeshe.
Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya (or Amadia) was a historical eparchy (diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church, until it was united with the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Zakho in 2013. The diocese was established on 1785 and named for the hilltop city of EAmadiya in northern Iraq. Mengeshe 1,100 
