Diocese of Tehran

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Tehran is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Eastern rite, not Latin), originally established in 1853 as the Archeparchy of Sehna and renamed Tehran in 1971. Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees has been the metropolitan archeparch since 2023.

Archbishop: Imad Khoshaba Gargees
Established: 1853 (archdiocese 1971)
Cathedral: St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tehran
Rite: Latin
Province: Tehran (Chaldean), metropolitan without suffragans
Catholics: 1,780

Neighbouring dioceses

Teheran 3 km
Diocese of Tehran–Isfahan 336 km
Diocese of Ispahan 337 km
Diocese of Urmyā 447 km
Azerbaigian AZ 542 km
Diocese of Ahvaz 547 km

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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