Roman Catholic Archdiocese of İzmir
Archdiocese of İzmir Archidioecesis Smyrnensis İzmir Başpiskoposluğu | |
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St. John's Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Ecclesiastical province | İzmir |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 10 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 18 March 1818 |
| Cathedral | St. John's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Polycarp |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Martin Kmetec |
| Bishops emeritus | Lorenzo Piretto |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of İzmir (Latin: Archidioecesis Smyrnensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Asian Turkey (Anatolia).
The archdiocese's cathedral motherchurch and thus see of its archbishop is St. John's Cathedral. It also includes a World Heritage Site: Meryem Ana Evi Meryem Ana Evi, Bülbüldağı.
Martin Kmetec OFMConv, was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by Pope Francis on 8 December 2020.