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Archdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean)

Archidioecesis Urmiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Imad Khoshaba Gargees, Patriarchal Administrator
  • Thomas Meram, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4 September 1890ErectedArchdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean) (erected)
23 November 1937Territory AddedArchdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean) (Boundaries adjusted)
Archdiocese of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean) (Boundaries adjusted)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19493,373400,000.8%75122816125ap1951
19704,5004,000,000.1%667509ap1971
19802,15024635861ap1981
19902,000336662ap1991
19991,500314375142ap2000
20001,500314375142ap2001
20011,500314375152ap2002
20021,5003350052ap2003
20031,500213500156ap2004
20041,500213500153ap2005
20091,350314337154ap2010
20101,350314337154ap2011
20141,350314337164ap2015
20171,350314337124ap2018
20201,0002250024ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 217, and Page 218

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