Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Iran | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| 1300 | Diocese of Diargorgan was established |
| 1318.04.01 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Soltania was established |
| 1400 | Diocese of Diargorgan was suppressed |
| 1450 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Soltania was suppressed |
| 1553 | Archdiocese of Urmyā (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1629.10.12 | Diocese of Isfahan was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1662 | Archdiocese of Urmyā (Chaldean Rite) was suppressed |
| 1709 | Diocese of Salmas (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1850.04.30 | Diocese of Ispahan (Armenian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Cilicia) |
| 1853 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kirkuk) |
| 1890.09.04 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urmyā (Chaldean Rite) was restored (with suffragan see Salmas) |
| 1910.09.11 | Diocese of Isfahan was promoted as Archdiocese of Isfahan |
| 1926 | Titular Episcopal See of Soltania was suppressed |
| 1966.01.03 | Archdiocese of Ahvaz (Chaldean Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1970 | Titular Metropolitan See of Rew-Ardashir (Chaldean Rite) was established |
| 1971.03.16 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sehna (Chaldean Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran |
| 2021.01.08 | Archdiocese of Isfahan was renamed as Archdiocese of Tehran–Isfahan |
Last updated on 2026.04.12
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