Diocese of Ispahan

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Ispahan was the Latin Church archdiocese for Iran, founded by Dominican friars in 1629. On 8 January 2021 Pope Francis renamed it the Archdiocese of Tehran-Isfahan of the Latins, so Ispahan and Tehran-Isfahan are the same see under different names. Its ordinary is Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., appointed in 2021.

Archbishop
Dominique Mathieu
Latin name
Hispahanen(sis) Armenorum
Erected
30 April 1850 (origins 1629)
Cathedral
Cathedral of the Consolata, Tehran
Rank
Eparchia Suffraganea
Rite
Latin
Chancery
Armenian Catholic Bishopric, Hafez Avenue, Ghazali Street 29, Tehran, Iran
Telephone
Tel. [021]667.07.204; fax 667.00.621

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001683 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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