Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran, Iran (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tehran / Teheran / Teheranen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: no suffragan sees

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1853: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna / Sanandaj / Sinna (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk)
1966.01.03: Lost territory to establish Archdiocese of Ahvaz
1971.03.16: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran / Teheran / Teheranen(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope Paul VI (1970.11)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.09.26 – ...):

Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (46)

Patriarchal Administrator of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Patriarchal Administrator of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tehran (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (46)
(2023.09.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Patriarchal Administrator of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Patriarchal Administrator of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Born:	1978.04.04 (Komane-Amadiyah-Duhok, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	2004.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.11.10

Priest of Duhok of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2004.06.08 – 2023.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2023.09.26 – ...)

Patriarchal Administrator of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2024.01.06 – ...)

Patriarchal Administrator of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2024.01.06 – ...)

Archbishop Thomas Meram (81)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2021.08 – 2023.09.26)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado (79)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2018.12.22 – 2021.08)

Archbishop Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado (79)
(1999.02.07 – 2018.12.22)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran)
Archbishop emeritus of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

Born:	1945.02.05 (Zākhō, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.02.25

Priest of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1977.01.13 – 1995.05.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1995.05.05 – 1999.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1999.02.07 – 2018.12.22)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2007 – 2011.11)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2013? – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Chaldeans (2013.07.20 – 2016.11.19)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (2015 – 2017)

Patriarchal Administrator of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (2018.12.22 – 2021.08)

Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (2018.12.22 – 2023.05.24)

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi
(1971.03.16 – 1999.02.07)

Born:	1914.06.27 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.10.22
Died:	1999.02.07 († 84)

Titular Archbishop of Hieropolis (1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1967.06.23] 1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1970.03.07 – 1971.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1971.03.16 – 1999.02.07)

President of Iranian Episcopal Conference (1980 – 1995)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sehna (Chaldean Rite)

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi
(1970.03.07 – 1971.03.16)

(see above)

Archbishop Joseph Cheikho
(1944.05.22 – 1970.03.07)

Born:	1894.04.02 (Iran)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.06.11
Died:	1979.12.20 († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1944.05.22 – 1970.03.07)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1970.03.07 – 1970.08.22)

Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir of the Chaldeans (1970.08.22 – 1979.12.20)

Archbishop Abraham Elias, C.M.
(1938.09.06 – 1940.02.15)

Born:	1893.04 (Iran)
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.04.24
Died:	1940.02.15 († 46)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1938.09.06 – 1940.02.15)

Archbishop Jean Nissan
(1914.09.15 – 1937.04.20)

Born:	1880.07.25
Ordained Priest:	1905.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.12.06
Died:	1956.10.30 († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1914.05.12] 1914.09.15 – 1937.04.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1937.04.20 – 1956.10.30)

Archbishop Matthieu-Paul Chammina
(1890.09.30 – 1893)

Consecrated Bishop:	1874.05.24
Died:	1893

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1874 – 1879)

Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1879 – 1885)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1890.09.30 – 1893)

Archbishop Jerome-Simon Sindjari
(1853 – 1885)

Ordained Priest:	1850
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.09.07
Died:	1886

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1853 – 1885)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado (79) (1995.05.05 – 1999.02.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi (1967.09.01 – 1970.03.07)