Eastern metropolitan see Urmyā, Iran
Archeparchy of Urmyā
Urmien(sis)
Chaldean Catholic Church
Urmya is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Eastern rite, not Latin) in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, established in 1890, with the suffragan Eparchy of Salmas. The see has been vacant since Archbishop Thomas Meram retired in January 2024, and is administered by Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees.
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- Established
- 1890
- Catholics
- 1,000
- Priests
- 2
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Imad Khoshaba Gargees
- Born
- 4 April 1978
- Birthplace
- Komane
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God, Urmia stands in Urmyā, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
With its episcopal see in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, in north-west Iran, the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmiā (also spelled Urmia, also called Rezayeh, and informally Urmyā of the Chaldeans) is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church, of the Syro-Oriental Rite in the Syriac language. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God in Urmia, Iran.