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

Salmas, Diocese of

SALMAS, DIOCESI DI

Italian original Cite

SALMAS, Diocese of. - Chaldean diocese in Persia. It had a Catholic series of bishops from 1560 to 1643, then, from 1709, it was a suffragan of Urmia and directed by the same bishop of Urmia. Faithful (1937) 3500, priests 4.

The diocese suffered greatly during the First World War. In 1913 it counted 10,460 faithful.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: Statistica con cenni storici, in Ann. Pont. 1951. Vatican City 1951, p. 244; Orientalia christiana per., 3 (1938), p. 273.

Guglielmo de Vries

About this entry

By Guglielmo de Vries

How we know signed in print

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1682.

More by Guglielmo de Vries: Rezayeh of the Chaldeans (= Urmia) · Seert, Diocese of · Sena, Diocese of · Sidon · Sophia

Cite this article

Chicago

De, Vries Guglielmo. “Salmas, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1682. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/salmas-diocesi-di.

MLA

De, Vries Guglielmo. “Salmas, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1682. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/salmas-diocesi-di.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec10_salmas_diocesi_di,
  author    = {De, Vries Guglielmo},
  title     = {Salmas, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1682},
  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/salmas-diocesi-di}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.