Armenian Titular Episcopal See of

Amida

Turkiye Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Armenian

Type: Titular Episcopal See Episcopal See

Name: Amida (latine) / Amida (Italiano) / Diarbekir / Amiden(us) Armenorum (Latin)

Location: Diyabekir, pr. Mesopotamia I, Turkiye

History

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2015.09.05 – ...):Bishop Kévork Assadourian (64)Bishop Kévork Assadourian (64)

Patriarchal Exarch of Damascus of the Armenians (Syria)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Amida (Armenian Rite)

Bishop Andrea Elia Celebian
(1899.02.06 – 1919)

Born:1848.01.13 (Diarbekir, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1872.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:1899.05.14
Died:1919 († 71)

Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1899.02.06 – 1919)

Bishop Joseph Ferahian
(1884.09.16 – 1894?)

Born:1834.03.19 (Damascus, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1884.10.19
Died:1894? († 60)

Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1884.09.16 – 1894?)

Archbishop Giacomo Bahtiarian
(1850.06.02 – 1870)

Born:1800.01.07 (Ancira, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1824.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:1850.06.02
Died:1885.04.18 († 85)

Archbishop-Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1850.06.02 – 1870)

Bishop Jean de Smyrne
(1755? – 1785)

Consecrated Bishop:1755
Died:1785

Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1755? – 1785)

Former Titular Bishops

Last updated on 2026.04.15

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