Eparchy of Kamichlié
Kamechlien(sis) Armenorum
Suffragan eparchy · Armenian Catholic Church · Qamishli, Syria
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 29 June 1954
- Latin
- Kamechlien(sis) Armenorum
- Annuario code
- 001001790
The bishop
- Eparch
- Antranig Ayvazian
- Born
- 29 August 1947
- Birthplace
- Hassaké
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Qamishli stands in Qamishli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of DamasDamas
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bairut, BeirutBeirut
- Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of CiliciaBeirut
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché Arménien Catholique, Kamichlié, Syrie
- Telephone
- [05]242.62.11
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].