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Encyclopedia > Artvin

Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey.

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Before 1914

The Catholic Encyclopedia, informs that Artvin had 5,900 inhabitants in 1894, mostly Armenians and Turks. The Catholic Encyclopedia (also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia today) is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by the The Encyclopedia Press, designed to give authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine. // History The writing of the encyclopedia began on January 11... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...


There were nine Armenian Catholic churches, and four schools for boys and three schools for girls. After the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with the rest of Oriental Orthodoxy formally broke off communion from the Chalcedonian churches, numerous Armenian bishops made attempts to restore communion with the Catholic Church. ...


The diocese of Artvin had 12,000 Armenian Catholics, 25 mission priests, 30 Catholic churches and chapels, 22 primary schools with almost 900 pupils. The girls were taught by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A branch of the Institute of the Holy Family, founded in 1820 by the Abbé Pierre Bonaventure Noailles, Canon of Bordeaux. ...


Catholic Diocese

In 1850, pope Pius IX established the Armenian-Catholic Diocese of Artvin (Artuinensis Armenorum) for the United Armenians of southern Russia. It was subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia in Constantinople. Its first bishop was Timotheus Astorgi (1850-58), followed by Antonius Halagi (1859) and Joannes Baptista Zaccharian (1878). 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Blessed Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, ( May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878) was pope for a record pontificate of over 31 years, from June 16, 1846 until his death. ... Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. ... Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD In Antiquity, Cilicia (Ki-LIK-ya) was a region, and often a political unit, on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ... Map of Constantinople. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...


In 1878, Russia annexed the territory and united the diocese with that of Tiraspol. Russia subsequently, prevented the appointment of a new bishop. 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Tiraspol is the administrative center of Transdnestrian Autonomy, and the second largest city in Moldova, if it is considered to be part of that nation. ...


Post-1914

(To be written)


Source

  • The Catholic Encyclopedia

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Shows the Location of Artvin province Districts of Artvin Flag of Turkey

Artvin | Ardanuç | Arhavi | Borçka | Hopa | Murgul | Şavşat | Yusufeli Image File history File links Artvin_Turkey_Provinces_locator. ... Artvin Province is a province in north-eastern Turkey next to the Black Sea and Georgia (country). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ...



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