Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmyā


The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmiā is a Metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church with see in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God, in Urmia, Iran.

History

Established on 4 September 1890 as Metropolitan Archeparchy of Urmyā, on territory previously without proper Ordinary for the rite's particular church sui iuris.

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archeparchy and a single suffragan, the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Salmas. Currently they are both maintained by the same Bishop, and population data for the suffragan are put down under the Archeparchy of Urmia. In effect, the Eparchy of Salmas is part of the Archeparchy of Urmia.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Metropolitan Archeparchs of Urmyā