The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Ahvaz (or Ahwaz)catholic-hierarchy.org(informally called Ahvaz of the Chaldeans) is a non-Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the particular Chaldean Catholic Church sui iuris (Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac language) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran.
It is directly dependent on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Surp Mesrob Church, in Ahvaz.
History It was established on 3 January 1966, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Sehna (now Teheran).
Episcopal ordinaries (all Chaldean Rite) Thomas Michel Bidawid (6 January 1966 – 24 August 1970), appointed (Arch)Eparch, Auxiliary of Baghdad Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. (18 January 1972 – 1 May 1974), appointed Archeparch of Urmiā Hanna Zora (1 May 1974 – 10 June 2011), appointed (Arch)Eparch of Mar Addai of Toronto Patriarchal Administrator Ramzi Garmou, (2001 – Present), Archeparch Emeritus of Amida
See also Catholic Church in Iran Chaldean Catholic Church
References
External links GCatholic