Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Kameshli

Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli

Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli

Eastern Catholic eparchy in Syria


The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in the Patriarch's own ecclesiastical province 'of Cilicia', serving part of Syria.

Its cathedral eparchial (episcopal) see is the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph, in Qamishli.

History

Established on 29 June 1954 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Al-Qamishli, on territory split off from the then Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin (now titular).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Al-Qamishli

See also


References


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