Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Rezayeh of the Chaldeans

REZAYEH DEI CALDEI

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Urmia of the Chaldeans redirects here.

Also known as: Urmiyah

REZAYEH OF THE CHALDEANS (= Urmia). - The episcopal see dates already from the 3rd century. The city was the seat of a Chaldean Catholic bishop from 1560 to 1647.

The Catholic see of R. was re-established in 1890. The bishop is metropolitan of the Chaldeans of Persia. Catholics 3373, churches 26, priests 12.

Bibliography2 works
BIBL.: Statistica con cenni storici, Vatican City 1932, p. 244; Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 415.

Guighelmo De Vries

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 841–842.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Rezayeh dei Caldei (= Urmia).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 841–842. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/rezayeh-dei-caldei-urmia.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Rezayeh dei Caldei (= Urmia).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 841–842. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/rezayeh-dei-caldei-urmia.

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  author    = {De, Vries Guglielmo},
  title     = {Rezayeh dei Caldei (= Urmia)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {841--842},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/rezayeh-dei-caldei-urmia}
}

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