Former Syriac Diocese of

Gazireh

Turkiye Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gazireh / Gezira / Jaziren(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

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History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Gazireh (Syriac Rite)

Blessed Bishop Flaviano Michele Melki
(1912.09.14 – 1915.08.29)

Born:1858 (Kalat’ul Mara, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1883.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:1913.01.19
Died:1915.08.29 🩸 (Cizre, Turkiye † 56)
Beatified:2015.08.29 (Harissa, Lebanon)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye) ([1899] 1912.09.14 – 1915.08.29)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Giacomo Matteo Ahmndahño
(1888.10.10 – 1908.08.31)

Born:1833.10.30 (Mardin, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1858.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1879.09.21
Died:1908.08.31 (Mardin, Turkiye † 74)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye) (1888.10.10 – 1908.08.31)

Bishop Flaviano Pietro Matah
(1863 – 1874.06.04)

Born: (Mardin, Turkiye)
Consecrated Bishop:1863.10.11
Died:1874.06.04

Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye) (1863 – 1874.06.04)

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