Archdiocese of Izmir

ARCHDIOCESE OF IZMIR (Archidioecesis Smyrnensis)

Country: Turkey
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1346 as Archdiocese of Smirne
Suppressed 1575
Re-established as Apostolic Vicariate of Smirne
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1818

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Arms of Archbishops

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Luigi Maria Cardelli (1818-1832)
Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie (1835-1837)
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Antonio Mussabini (1838-)
Vincenzo Spaccapietra (1862-1878)
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Andrea Policarpo Timoni (1879-1904)
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Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo (1904-1909)
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Giuseppe Antonio Zucchetti (1909-1920)
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Giovanno Battista Federico Vallega (1921-1929)
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Eduardo Tonna (1929-1937)
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Joseph Descuffi (1937-1965)
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Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger (1965-1966)
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Giovanni Enrico Boccella (1967-1978)
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Domenico Caloyera (1978-1983)
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Giuseppe Germano Bernardini (1983-2004)
Ruggero Franceschini (2004-2015)
Lorenzo Piretto (2015-2020)
Martin Kmetec (2020-present)

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