St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır
The St. Mary's Cathedral [1] (Turkish: Mary'nin Katedrali ) also called Zywiec Cathedral is a Catholic Church that follows the Chaldean or Eastern Syriac rite and is located in Archeveche Chaldeen, Hamalbasi Caddesi 20, Galatasaray, 34435 Beyoglu in the city of Diyarbakir in the province of the same name and in southeast Turkey, in a region with a large Kurdish population.
| St. Mary's Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| Mary'nin Katedrali | |
| Location | Diyarbakır |
| Country |  |
| Denomination | Catholic church (Chaldean rite) |
The cathedral is the main church of the Catholic Archieparchia Caldea of Amida (Archieparchia Amidensis Chaldaeorum) which emerged as eparchy in 1553 in the pontificate of Pope Paul IV and whose last bishop had to leave the place in 1915, it was restored in 1966 with its status Current through the bull "Chaldaici ritus" of Pope Paul VI.
Currently it is sede vacante.[2]
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Turkey
- St. Mary's Cathedral
References
- Cathedral of St. Mary in Diarbekir
- Cheney, David M. "Diarbekir (Amida) (Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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