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The '''Armenian Catholic Eparchy of [[Kharput]]''' was a modern [[eparchy]] ([[Eastern Catholic]] [[diocese]]) and remains a [[titular see]] of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] (''sui iuris'' ([[Armenian Rite]] in [[Armenian language]]).
== History ==
It was created on 1 May 1850,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08633a.htm|title=Kharput|encyclopedia=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]}}</ref> on territory in [[Turkey]] previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church.
Its seat was in the [[Turkey|Turkish]] town of [[Elazığ]] and was suppressed in 1972.
=== Episcopal Ordinaries ===
(all [[Armenian Rite]])
;''Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Kharput''
* [[Avedis Arpiarian]] (1890.09.23 – 1898.04.05), later [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Anazarbus of the Armenians]] (1898.04.05 – 1911.08.27), Eparch (Bishop) of [[Marasc of the Armenians]] (1911.08.27 – 1928.06.29), [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the Patriarchate [[Cilicia of the Armenians]] (Lebanon) (1928.06.29 – 1931.10.17), [[Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians]] (Lebanon) ([1931.10.17] 1933.03.13 – 1937.10.26)
* Stefano Israelian (1899.02.06 – death 1915)
== Titular see ==
It is now a [[titular see]],<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 911</ref> from the date of suppression.
It remains vacant, without a single incumbent.
== References ==
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== Source and External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0957.htm GCatholic, with incumbent biography links]
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[[Category:Eastern Catholic titular sees]]
[[Category:Former Armenian Catholic eparchies]]