Map

Chaldean Archdiocese of

Ahvaz

Iran Iran

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Archdiocese Archdiocese

Name: Ahvaz (English) / Ahwaz / Ahvasien(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Special Churches

Bassorah (↙), Baghdad (↖), Urmyā (↑), Tehran (↗)

Present Prelates

Archbishop:vacant
Patriarchal Administrator (2013? – ...):Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)

Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Ahvaz (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2013? – ...)

Archbishop Hanna Zora
(1974.05.01 – 2011.06.10)

Born:1939.03.15 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1962.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1974.10.27
Died:2016.10.02 († 77)

Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 2011.06.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada) (2011.06.10 – 2014.05.03)

Archbishop Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H.
(1972.01.18 – 1974.05.01)

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 Thomas Michel Bidawid
(1966.01.06 – 1970.08.24)

Born:1910.04.15 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:1935.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:1966.03.25
Died:1971.03.29 († 60)

Archbishop of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1966.01.06 – 1970.08.24)

Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans (1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29)

Statistics

Population: 25 Catholics (2017)

Statistics: 1 parish (2017)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

© 2023 GCatholic.org

Up