The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul, also known as Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Constantinople, serves
Armenian Catholics in
Turkey and is under the
Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia
This is a list of the Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia, officially the Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics. The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia was established in 1740 following a schism within the A ...
. Its cathedral is
St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral in
Istanbul.
History
The eparchy was established in 1860. It was combined with the
Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia from 1866 until 1928 and was the patriarch's see, based in Istanbul. When the patriarchal seat was moved to
Beirut,
Lebanon, the current
archeparchy was erected on 15 October 1928.
On 21 March 2015, it was made known that the
Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians
The Patriarchate of Cilicia ( la, Patriarchatus Ciliciae Armenorum) is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the only patriarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church of the Catholic Church. The territorial jurisdiction of that Patriarch of Cilicia is th ...
, with the consent of the
Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church, and after having informed the
Holy See, had accepted the resignation of Archbishop
Hovhannes Tcholakian.
Mons.
Boghos Lévon Zékiyan was then elected Archbishop of Istanbul by the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Armenia.
In 2008 there were 3,650 Armenian Catholics belonging to the diocese.
Cathédrale arménienne catholique (interieur).JPG, Cathedral interior
See also
*
Catholic Church in Turkey
References
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1860 establishments
Istanbul
Eastern Catholic dioceses in Turkey
Armenian Catholic Church in Turkey
Armenian culture
Christianity in Istanbul