Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin

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Archeparchy of Mardin

Archeparchia Mardinensis Armenorum
Location
Territorysome territory of Turkey and Iraq
Headquarters Mardin, Turkey
Population
  •  
  • 2,500 (in 1949)
Information
Sui iuris church Armenian Catholic
Rite Armenian
Established1708
Dissolved1972
CathedralArmenian Catholic Cathedral of Mor Yusuf in Mardin
Leadership
Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan (last eparchial bishop).

The Archeparchy of Mardin is a titular see and was historically a non-metropolitan Archeparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church, covering Turkey and Iraq.

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In 1907, were 8,000 Armenian Catholics, 16 Armenian priests, 8 churches, and 10 chapels in the archeparchy. [1] Between 3 and 4 June 1915, during the Armenian Genocide, 420 of the leading Christians of Mardin including the archbishop of Mardin, Saint Ignatius Maloyan, were arrested. Many were forced to march into the desert and were killed for their faith. [2]

History

Archbishops

  1. Melchior Tasbasian (1708 - 1716)
  2. Mardiros Markar Tahmanian (1722 - 1737)
  3. Melkon Markar Tahmanian (1740 - 1767)
  4. Jean Tasbasian (1768 - 1771)
  5. Joseph Balithian (1772 - 1773)
  6. Pierre Eliazarian, O.S.Antoine (1775 - 1787)
  7. Joachim Tasbasian (1788 - 1836)
  8. Abraham Kandilian (1836 - 1838)
  9. Joseph Ferrabian, ICPB (1838 - 1854)
  10. Gabriele Chachathian (1855 - 1863)
  11. Melchiorre Nazarian (1863 - 1900)
  12. Hussig Gulian (1902 - 1911)
  13. St. Ignatius Maloyan, I.C.P.B. (1911 - 1915), martyred
  14. Jacques Nessimian (1928 - 1933), appointed Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria
  15. Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian (1933 - 1940) appointed Titular Archbishop of Gabula, later appointed Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia
  16. Nersès Tayroyan (1940 - 1954), appointed Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad

Titular Archbishops

  1. Vartán Waldir Boghossian, SDB (1981 - 1989), appointed, Bishop of Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires
  2. Vartan Kechichian, CAM (2001 - 2017)

References

  1. ↑ Vailhé, S. (1910). Mardin. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ↑ Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series: Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, 6. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2006, page 294.
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