The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Isfahan (or Ispahan or Esfahan) is a

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diocese), covering all of

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, in the

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'of Cilicia' of the Armenian Catholic Patriarch, the head of the

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in the

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). Its

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episcopal see is in

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History

Established on 30 April 1850 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Ispahan (Esfáan), on territory previously without Ordinary for the

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''sui iurus''.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

) ;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Ispahan * John Baptist Apcar (1954.09.24 – death 1967.07.09) * Léonce Tchantayan (1967.08.05 – 1972.01.16); later

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of Sebastopolis in Armenia (1972.01.16 – death 1990.11.13) & Auxiliary Eparch of

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(Lebanon) (1977 – 1990.11.13) * Vartan Tékéyan,

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(I.C.P.B.) (1972.12.06 – death 1999.04.12), also President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (1995 – 1999) * Neshan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (2000.09.27 – 2005.04.02), also

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of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (2000.09.27 – 2015.03.21); previously Ordinary of

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(1991 – 2000.09.27); later Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2005.04.02 – retired 2010.01.06),

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of Ispahan of the Armenians (2005.04.02 – retired 2015.10.01),

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of Adana of the Armenians (2005.04.02 – ...) * Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B. (2015.10.01 – ...)

References

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History

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

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