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Roman Rite (1): Tehran–Isfahan

Armenian Church (1): Ispahan

Chaldean Church (4): Ahvaz, Salmas, Tehran, Urmyā

Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. (62)

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Patron Saint: Saint Maruthas of Martyropolis

Saints: 7 Saints

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Tehran

Area: 1,531,595 km²

Population: 82,021,564

Former Name: Persia

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Qatar , ↙ Bahrain , ← Kuwait , ← Iraq , ↖ Turkiye , ↖ Armenia , ↖ Azerbaijan , ↗ Turkmenistan , → Afghanistan , ↘ Pakistan , ↓ Oman , ↓ United Arab Emirates

Religions: Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4%

Languages: Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, others

Ethnic Groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes

Motto: Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī (Persian) (Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic)

Area: 1,648,195 km²

Catholic Population: 9,000 Catholics (0.0% of 84,055,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 3 other centres

Clergy: 5 bishops (3 diocesan, 2 titular), 5 priests (4 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 11 religious (1 brother, 10 sisters), 1 major seminarian, 60 missionaries, 41 catechists