Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmia

Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Iran

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The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmiā[1] (also spelled Urmia or called Rezayeh; informally called Urmyā of the Chaldeans) is a Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac language) with episcopal see in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God, in Urmia, Iran.

## History

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Established on 4 September 1890 as the Metropolitan Archeparchy (archdiocese) of Urmyā, on territory previously without proper Ordinary for the rite's particular church sui iuris.

## Province

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Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archeparchy and a single suffragan, the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Salmas. Currently, they are both maintained by the same Bishop, and population data for the suffragan are put down under the Archeparchy of Urmia. In effect, the Eparchy of Salmas is part of the Archeparchy of Urmia.

## Episcopal ordinaries

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(all Chaldean Rite)

Metropolitan Archeparchs of Urmyā

* Tommaso Audo (1892.09.04 – death 1918.07.27)
* Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Koudabache) (1930.10.25 – death 1939.08.08), previously Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1894.10.01 – 1908); also again Eparch of suffragan see Salmas of the Chaldeans ([1930.10.06] 1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08)
* Abel Zayia, Lazarists [C.M.) (1939.12.06 – death 1951.03.18), also Archbishop-Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1939.12.06 – 1951.03.18)
* Zaya Dachtou (1951.07.14 – death 1972.08.15), also Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15)
* Samuel Chauriz, Order of Saint Jerome (O.S.H.) (1974.05.01 – death 1981.06.14), previously Archeparch of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1972.01.18 – 1974.05.01; also Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14)
* Thomas Meram (1983.11.30 – ...), also Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1983.11.30 – ...), President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2000 – 2003)

## See also

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* Catholic Church in Iran
* Chaldean Catholic Church

## References

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1. ^ Catholic-hierarchy.org

## External links

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* GCatholic, with incumbent biography links
* Official website

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Chaldean Catholic Church episcopal hierarchy

Patriarchate|

* Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (List) at Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows in Baghdad, Iraq

Metropolitan archeparchies|

* Baghdad
* Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya
* Tehran
* Urmyā

Other archeparchies|

* Ahvaz
* Basra
* Diyarbakır
* Arbil
* Mosul

Eparchies|

* Aleppo
* Alqosh
* Aqra (Akra)
* Beirut
* Cairo
* Mar Addai of Toronto
* Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego
* Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
* Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
* Salmas (suffragan of Urmya)
* Amadiyah and Zaku

Patriarchal dependencies|

* Jerusalem
* Jordan

Titular sees|

* Metropolitan : Rew-Ardashir / Other Archiepiscopal : Kaškar, Nisibis /
* Episcopal : Anbar, Mardin, Seert

Other former eparchies|

* Amadia, Gazireh, Perat-Maishan, Sulaimaniya, Zaku

See also|

* Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552

* Catholicism portal
* Christianity portal

Portals:

* Catholicism
* Iran

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