Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Harput (Kharput), Diocese of

KARPUT (KHARPUT), DIOCESI DI

By Serafino Akelian

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Also known as: French: Kharpout

HARPUT (KHARPUT), DIOCESE OF. - A city in the fourth Armenia, in the district of Hantzit (Arzitene), in Turkey. The Mechitarists were the first to bring Catholicism there; in 1858 many other Catholic priests joined the apostolate. In 1805 Pius IX decreed the erection of K. as an episcopal see; Stefano Israelian was its first pastor.

In 1867 Latin missionaries also came to the diocese of K., forming several communities of the Latin rite. At present the diocese is devastated.

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BIBL.: B. Gams, Series episcoporum, Ratisbon 1873, p. 456; S. Eprikian, Dizionario topogr. dell'Armenia, II, Venice 1907, see index; A. Alexandrian, Histoire abrégée des sièges, Beirut 1908, pp. 37-39.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 657.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Karput (Kharput), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 657. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/karput-kharput-diocesi-di.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Karput (Kharput), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 657. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/karput-kharput-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Akelian, Serafino},
  title     = {Karput (Kharput), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {657},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/karput-kharput-diocesi-di}
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