The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of UrmiāCatholic-hierarchy.org (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 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 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 (all Chaldean Rite) Metropolitan Archeparchs of Urmyā Tommaso Audo (3 December 1890 – 27 July 1918) Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (25 October 1930 – 8 August 1939) Abel Zaya, C.M. (6 December 1939 – 18 March 1951) Zaya Dachtou (14 July 1951 – 15 August 1972) Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. (1 May 1974 – 14 June 1981) Thomas Meram (30 November 1983 – 6 January 2024), retired Patriarchal Administrator Imad Khoshaba Gargees (6 January 2024 – Present), Archeparch of Tehran
See also Catholic Church in Iran Chaldean Catholic Church
References
External links GCatholic, with incumbent biography links Official website