Eparchy of Ispahan
Eparchy of Ispahan | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
Country | Iran |
Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Cilicia |
Diocesan bishop | Sarkis Davidian |
founding | 1850 |
Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
Residents | 24,000,000 ( 1970 ) |
Catholics | 150 ( 2016 ) |
proportion of | 0% |
Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
Friars | 3 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
Religious sisters | 2 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
rite | Armenian rite |
Liturgical language |
Persian Armenian |
address | Armenian Catholic Bishopric, PO Box 11318, Khiaban Ghazali 65, Tehran, Iran |
The Eparchy Ispahan ( Latin : Eparchia Hispahanensis Armenorum ) is a diocese of the Armenian Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church. The diocese is located in Iran and is named after the city of Isfahan .
On the thirtieth April 1850 founded, was the bishopric in 2009 from a parish with two religious priests and two nuns . The parish is based in Tehran and also represents the bishopric . The seat is in Tehran.
Eparchen
- Bishop Joannes Derderian (1850-1852)
- Father Joannes Zadighian (1859-1860)
- Bishop Gregoriius Dabanly (Dabanlian) (1861-)
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Apostolic Administrators :
- Patriarch Stephano Bedros X. Azarian (1899)
- Patriarch Boghos Bedros XI. Emanuelian (1899-1904)
- Patriarch Boghos Bedros XII. Sabbaghian (1904-1909)
- Patriarch Boghos Bedros XIII. Terzian (1911-1931)
- Patriarch Avedis Bedros XIV. Arpiarian (1931–1937)
- Bishop Hovhannes Baptist Apcar (1954–1967)
- Bishop Léonce Tchantayan (1967–1972)
- Bishop Vartan Tekeyan ICPB (1972–1999)
- Bishop Nechan Karakéhéyan ICPB (2000-2005)
- Bishop Sarkis Davidian (since 2015)