Archeparchy of Mardin Archeparchia Mardinensis Armenorum | |
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| Territory | some territory of Turkey and Iraq |
| Headquarters | Mardin, Turkey |
| Population - Catholics | 2,500 (in 1949) |
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| Sui iuris church | Armenian Catholic |
| Rite | Armenian |
| Established | 1708 |
| Dissolved | 1972 |
| Cathedral | Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Mor Yusuf in Mardin |
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| Archbishop | Nersès Tayroyan (last eparchial bishop). |
The Archeparchy of Mardin was a non-metropolitan Archeparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church, covering Turkey and Iraq.
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