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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in Syria}}
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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 [[Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia|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''
* Joseph Gennangi (1954.10.21 – 1972.11.20); emeritate as [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Adana of the Armenians]] (1972.11.20 – death 1981.10.22)
* Krikor Ayvazian (1972.12.06 – 1988.11.18), emeritate as Titular Bishop of [[Marasc of the Armenians]] (1988.11.23 – 1997.01.21)
*''[[Apostolic Administrator]] André Bedoglouyan, [[Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar]] (I.C.P.B.) (1988 – 1989), while Titular Bishop of [[Comana Armeniæ]] (1971.07.24 – 2010.04.13) & [[Auxiliary Eparch]] of [[Cilicia of the Armenians]] (Lebanon) (1971.07.24 – 1994.11.05); later [[Patriarchal Exarch]] of [[Jerusalem of the Armenians]] (Jordan) (1995 – 1998), [[Protosyncellus]] of [[Amman and Jerusalem of the Armenians]] (Jordan) (1998 – 2001)''
* Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.  (1989.08.21 – 1992.04.10), later Auxiliary Eparch of [[San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians]] (Argentina) (1994.05.24 – 1997), [[Bishop of Curia]] of the Armenians (1997 – 1999), [[Patriarchal Exarch]] of [[Damascus of the Armenians]] (Syria) (1997 – ...)
*''[[Apostolic Administrator]] Boutros Marayati (1992.04.10 – 2022.08.20), while Archeparch (Archbishop) of [[Aleppo of the Armenians]] (Syria) (1989.08.21 – ...)''
* {{ill|Antranig Ayvazian|de|Antranig Ayvazian}} (2022.08.20 – ...)
== See also ==
* [[Catholic Church in Syria]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kami0.htm GCatholic with incumbent biography links]
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