St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır

St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral
Mary'nin Katedrali
Location	Diyarbakır
Country	Turkey
Denomination	Catholic church (Chaldean rite)
Administration
Diocese	Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Amida

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 Diyarbakir in the province of the same name and in southeast Turkey, in a region with a large Kurdish population.

The cathedral is the main church of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy 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.^[2]

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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[1] Cathedral of St. Mary in Diarbekir

[2] Cheney, David M. "Diarbekir (Amida) (Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

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v t e Catholic Church in Turkey
Episcopal Conference of Turkey
Active dioceses	Latin: Archdiocese of Izmir Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul Armenian: Archeparchy of Istanbul Chaldean: Archeparchy of Diarbekir Greek Byzantine: Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul Syriac: Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey
Cathedrals	Latin: St. John's Cathedral, Izmir Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Istanbul Armenia: St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul Greek Byzantine: Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Cathedral, Istanbul Chaldean: St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır
Churches	Latin: St. Anthony of Padua Basilica, Istanbul Saint Paul Church, Adana St. Térèse Church, Ankara Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul Saint Mary's Catholic Church, İzmir Saint Polycarp Church, Izmir St. Helena Church, Karşıyaka House of the Virgin Mary Armenian: Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church
Relations	Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey Holy See–Turkey relations
Popes from Anatolia	Pope John VI Pope Conon
See also	Polonezköy Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace

St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır

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