Mission sui iuris of Gazireh

The Missio(n) sui iuris of Gazireh was a short-lived (1935-53) Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction sui iuris in part of Asian Turkey, based on the Ancient city and former see of Gazireh.

History

Established in 1935 as Mission sui juris of Gazireh (Gezira), exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Suppressed in 1953, having had a single recorded incumbent as Ecclesiastical Superior of Gazireh :

• Father Francesco Drapier, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1935 – 1941)

Source and External link

• GCatholic

See also

Eastern Catholic dioceses

• Gazireh of the Chaldeans
• Gazireh of the Syrians