EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF IRAN  


 
 
Surface 1.648.000 kmqs 
Population 67.280.000 inhabitants 
Language Farsi 
Demographic growth  3,4% 
Ethnics  Farsi (Persian), Kurdish, Arab
Religion Moslem shiites (95%), sunnites (4%), others (1%) 
Capital Tehran (6.000.000 inhabitants)  
Form of Government Republic - Chief of state: Hashemi Rafsanjani 
Economy PIL 303 billion of $- Credit directory 3% (5,1%) - Inflation 30% (17,5%) - PIL pro-capital 4.780 $(%850 $) - Main commercial partners: Japan, Germany, Holland, England, Italy, Spain, Turkey, France
Rite Armenian, Latin, Chaldean
Catholic Church 13.000 (0,02%) Catholics, 6 Dioceses; 28 Parishes; 1 Patriarch; 6 Bishops; 12 Priests, 1 Brother, 33 Religious, 1 Seminarists   
 
 
 
H.Exc. Mgr. Youhanna ISSAYE 
Archbishop Emeritus of Tehran
H. Exc. Mgr. Hanna ZORA 
Archbishop of Ahwaz
H. Exc. Mgr.  Vartan TEKEYAN 
Chaldean Bishop of Isphan (Iran)
H.Exc. Mgr. Ignace BEDINI 
Latin Bishop of Isphan (Iran)