The Missio(n) sui iuris of Gazireh was a short-lived (1935-53) Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction ''sui iuris'' in part of Asian
Turkey, based on the Ancient city and former see of
Gazireh.
History
Established in 1935 as
Mission sui juris of Gazireh (Gezira), exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any
ecclesiastical province.
Suppressed in 1953, having had a single recorded incumbent as
Ecclesiastical Superior of Gazireh :
* Father Francesco Drapier,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (1935 – 1941)
See also
;Eastern Catholic dioceses
*
Gazireh of the Chaldeans
*
Gazireh of the Syrians
Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Di ...
References
External links
GCatholic
Missions sui iuris
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Asia
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