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The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Qamishli is a suffragan eparchy ( Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris ( Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in the Patriarch's own ecclesiastical province 'of Cilicia', serving part of Syria.

Its cathedral eparchial (episcopal) see is the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph, in Qamishli.

History

Established on 29 June 1954 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Al-Qamishli, on territory split off from the then Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin (now titular).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Al-Qamishli

See also

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