Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmia
The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmiā is a Metropolitan archeparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church with episcopal 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 the 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- Tommaso Audo
- Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache, previously Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans ; also again Eparch of suffragan see Salmas of the Chaldeans
- Abel Zayia, Lazarists C.M.), also [Archbishop-Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans
- Zaya Dachtou, also Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans
- Samuel Chauriz, Order of Saint Jerome, previously Archeparch of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans
- Thomas Meram, also Eparch of Salmas of the Chaldeans, President of Iranian Episcopal Conference