Ahvaz Archepark
| Ahvaz Archepark | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Iran |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1966 |
| Parishes | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 50 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 50 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language |
Arabic Syriac |
The archeparchy Ahvaz ( lat. : Archieparchia Ahvasiensis Chaldaeorum ) is in Iran located archeparchy the Chaldean Catholic Church , based in Ahvaz .
history
The Archeparchy Ahvaz was founded on January 3rd, 1966 by Pope Paul VI Erected with the Apostolic Constitution Ex quo tempore . It covers areas in southern Iran that previously belonged to the Sehna Archeparchy . Its area is bounded by the 33rd parallel to the north, by the Afghan and Pakistani borders to the east, by the Persian Gulf to the south and by the Iraqi territories to the west .
Archbishops of the Ahvaz Archepark
- 1966–1970 Thomas Michel Bidawid , then auxiliary bishop in Baghdad
- 1972–1974 Samuel Chauriz OAOC, then Archbishop of Urmia
- 1974–2011 Hanna Zora , then Bishop of the Mar Addai Eparchy of Toronto
- 2011– Sedis vacancy
See also
Web links
Entry on Archeparchy Ahvaz on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 10, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ex quo tempore , AAS 58 (1966), n.8, p. 558f.