An Iraqi Cathedral that was desecrated and burnt by ISIS terrorists is set to be rebuilt in 2020.

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Qaraqosh, southeast of Mosul, was destroyed by the Islamic State after they took control of the region in 2014.

Now, however, parish priest Georges Jahola has announced the Cathedral will be rebuilt with the help of the Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need.

Christianity has been present in the Nineveh plain in Iraq since the first century, although it is estimated only 225,000 Christians remain in Iraq, down from 1.8 million in 1980.

Another church in the city, the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Behnam and Mart Sarah, has been restored and rededicated earlier this year on the feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven.