Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Izmir

Archdiocese of Izmir
Archidioecesis Smyrnensis
İzmir Başpiskoposluğu

St. John's Cathedral
Location
Country Turkey
Ecclesiastical province Izmir
Statistics
Population
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
1,950
Parishes 10
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 18 March 1818
Cathedral St. John's Cathedral
Patron saint Polycarp
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini
Emeritus Bishops Giuseppe Germano Bernardini Archbishop Emeritus (1983-2004)
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of İzmir (Smyrna, Smirne) (Latin: Archidioecesis Smyrnensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Asian Turkey (Anatolia).

The archdiocese's cathedral motherchurch and thus see of its archbishop is St. John's Cathedral. It also includes a World Heritage Site: Meryem Ana Evi Meryem Ana Evi, Bülbüldağı.

Lorenzo Piretto, Dominican Order (O.P.), was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by Pope Francis on 7 December 2015.

History

In 1346 was established a Latin Archdiocese of Smyrna (Smirne).

In 1575 it was suppressed as residential see but immediately transformed into a Latin Titular archbishopric. As such it has had three incumbents :

In 1625 the residential see was restored, albeit for now demoted to missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, as Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna (Smirne).

It was promoted to nominally Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir (Smyrna) by Pope Pius VII on March 18, 1818, albeit without any suffragan sees that usually constitute the ecclesiastical province under a metropolitan archdiocese.

On 12 September 1896 it gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Trabzon, on 20 July 1931 it lost territory to the Diocese of Chios (insular Greece).

It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope Paul VI in July 1967, from Pope John Paul II in November 1979 and from Pope Benedict XVI in November 2006.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Crusader age

Archbishops of Smyrna (Smirne)

Modern age

Apostolic Vicars of Smyrna (Smirne)
'Metropolitan' Archbishops of Izmir (Smyrna)

See also

Sources and External links

Coordinates: 38°25′43″N 27°08′23″E / 38.4285°N 27.1396°E / 38.4285; 27.1396

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