Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Isfahan
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The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Isfahan (or Ispahan or Esfahan)Armenian Catholic Patriarch, the head of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite in the Armenian language).
Its cathedral episcopal see is in Isfahan, Iran.
History
Established on 30 April 1850 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Ispahan (Esfáan), on territory previously without Ordinary for the
particular church
sui iurus.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Armenian Rite)
- Eparchs (Bishops) of Ispahan
- John Baptist Apcar (1954.09.24 – death 1967.07.09)
- Léonce Tchantayan (1967.08.05 – 1972.01.16); later Cilicia of the Armenians(Lebanon) (1977 – 1990.11.13)
- Vartan Tékéyan, Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar (I.C.P.B.) (1972.12.06 – death 1999.04.12), also President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (1995 – 1999)
- Titular Archbishop of Adana of the Armenians(2005.04.02 – ...)
- Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B. (2015.10.01 – ...)
