Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmyā

The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmyā (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 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 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 older Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Salmas, which is fairly often held by the same Ordinary.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Chaldean Rite)

Metropolitan Archeparchs of Urmyā

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