Catholic Church in Iran

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The Catholic Church in Iran is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

In 2022, there were about 21,380 Catholics in

In 2020, there were 5 priests and 12 nuns serving across 17 parishes.^[2]

Dioceses and Eparchies

• Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Ahvaz/Ahwaz
• Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Salmas/Shahpour
• Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Ispahan/Esfáan
• Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Tehran/Teheran
• Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Urmyā/Rezayeh/Urmia
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teheran-Isfahan^[3]

See also List of Catholic churches in Tehran and List of Catholic dioceses in Iran

• Cathedral of the Consolata in Tehran, Iran (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Isfahan)
• Cathedral of St. Joseph in Tehran, Iran (Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran)
• Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God in Urmia, Iran (Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urmyā)
• Church of St Yaghou in Salmas
• Surp Grigor Lusavorich Cathedral in Tehran
• Surp Mesrob Church in Ahvaz^[4]

• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in New Julfa, Iran (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Isfahan)
• Cathedral of St. Lazarus (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Isfahan)
• Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran (Armenian Apostolic)
• Vank Cathedral in Isfahan (Armenian Apostolic)

Diplomatic relations

In October 2010, an Iranian official delivered a letter from President

Related pages

• Religion in Iran
• Christianity in Iran
• Holy See-Iran relations
• List of Persian saints

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy website