Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urmyā, Iran (Chaldean Rite)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God, Urmia

Erbil (↙), Kirkuk–Sulaimaniya (←), Salmas (↑), Tehran (→), Ahvaz (↓)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1983.11.30 – ...):

Archbishop Thomas Meram (79)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Patriarchal Administrator of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Urmyā (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Thomas Meram (79)
(1983.11.30 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Patriarchal Administrator of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Born:	1943.08.06 (Telkaif, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1983.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1983.11.30 – ...)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2000 – 2003)

Patriarchal Administrator of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2021.08 – ...)

Archbishop Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H.
(1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14)

Born:	1909.01.25 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1951.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.14
Died:	1981.06.14 († 72)

Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1972.01.18 – 1974.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14)

Archbishop Zaya Dachtou
(1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15)

Born:	1912.10.12 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.12.30
Died:	1972.08.15 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15)

Archbishop Abel Zayia, C.M.
(1939.12.06 – 1951.03.18)

Born:	1871.02.03 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1896.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.01.01
Died:	1951.03.18 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1939.12.06 – 1951.03.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1939.12.06 – 1951.03.18)

Archbishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache
(1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08)

Born:	1860.10.18
Ordained Priest:	1887.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.11.11
Died:	1939.08.08 († 78)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1894.10.01 – 1908)

Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Chaldeans (Palestine) (1908 – 1927)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1930.10.06] 1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08)

Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1930.10.06] 1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08)

Archbishop Tommaso Audo
(1892.09.04 – 1918.07.27)

Born:	1854.10.10 (Iran)
Died:	1918.07.27 († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1892.09.04 – 1918.07.27)

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Statistics

Population: 1,000 Catholics (2020)

Statistics: 4 parishes, 1 mission, 2 lay religious (2 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

History

1890.09.04: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urmyā / Rezayeh / Urmia / Urmien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Salmas)

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