Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran, Iran (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tehran / Teheran / Teheranen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: no suffragan sees

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1853: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna / Sanandaj / Sinna (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk)
1966.01.03: Lost territory to establish Archdiocese of Ahvaz
1971.03.16: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran / Teheran / Teheranen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope Paul VI (1970.11)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.09.26 – ...):

Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (45)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tehran (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (45)
(2023.09.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Born:	1978.04.04 (Komane-Amadiyah-Duhok, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	2004.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.11.10

Priest of Duhok of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2004.06.08 – 2023.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2023.09.26 – ...)

Archbishop Thomas Meram (80)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2021.08 – 2023.09.26)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2018.12.22 – 2021.08)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78)
(1999.02.07 – 2018.12.22)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Archbishop emeritus of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Born:	1945.02.05 (Zākhō, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.02.25

Priest of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1977.01.13 – 1995.05.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1995.05.05 – 1999.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1999.02.07 – 2018.12.22)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2007 – 2011.11)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2013? – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans (2013.07.20 – 2016.11.19)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2015 – 2017)

Patriarchal Administrator of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2018.12.22 – 2021.08)

Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (2018.12.22 – 2023.05.24)

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi
(1971.03.16 – 1999.02.07)

Born:	1914.06.27 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.10.22
Died:	1999.02.07 († 84)

Titular Archbishop of Hieropolis (1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1967.06.23] 1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1970.03.07 – 1971.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1971.03.16 – 1999.02.07)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (1980 – 1995)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sehna (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi
(1970.03.07 – 1971.03.16)

(see above)

Archbishop Joseph Cheikho
(1944.05.22 – 1970.03.07)

Born:	1894.04.02 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.06.11
Died:	1979.12.20 († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1944.05.22 – 1970.03.07)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1970.03.07 – 1970.08.22)

Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir of the Chaldeans (1970.08.22 – 1979.12.20)

Archbishop Abraham Elias, C.M.
(1938.09.06 – 1940.02.15)

Born:	1893.04 (Iran)
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.04.24
Died:	1940.02.15 († 46)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1938.09.06 – 1940.02.15)

Archbishop Jean Nissan
(1914.09.15 – 1937.04.20)

Born:	1880.07.25
Ordained Priest:	1905.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.12.06
Died:	1956.10.30 († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1914.05.12] 1914.09.15 – 1937.04.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1937.04.20 – 1956.10.30)

Archbishop Matthieu-Paul Chammina
(1890.09.30 – 1893)

Consecrated Bishop:	1874.05.24
Died:	1893

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1874 – 1879)

Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1879 – 1885)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1890.09.30 – 1893)

Archbishop Jerome-Simon Sindjari
(1853 – 1885)

Consecrated Bishop:	1857.09.07
Died:	1886

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1853 – 1885)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Ramzi Garmou (78) (1995.05.05 – 1999.02.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi (1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)