Suffragan eparchy Qamishli, Syria
Eparchy of Kamichlié
Kamechlien(sis) Armenorum
Armenian Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic eparchy of the Armenian rite for Qamishli (Kamichlie) in northeastern Syria. Erected on 29 June 1954 from the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin, it belongs to the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Qamishli.
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- Established
- 1954
- Catholics
- 2,400
- 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
- Eparch
- Antranig Ayvazian
- Born
- 29 August 1947
- Birthplace
- Hassaké
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Qamishli stands in Qamishli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Serving part of Syria, the Eparchy of Qamishli belongs to the Armenian Catholic Church, a sui iuris church of the Armenian Rite worshipping in the Armenian language. It is a suffragan eparchy within the Patriarch's own ecclesiastical province of Cilicia. The eparchial see rests at the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph in Qamishli.