Diocese of Martyropolis

Martyropolis is a historical episcopal see of early Christianity,[1] in what was the Roman province of Mesopotamia,[2] now located in modern Turkey.

The diocese was centered on what is now Silvan, Diyarbakır in the province of Mesopotamia.

[4][5][6][7][8] The diocese was nominally restored when a Latin Church titular bishopric was established under the name Martiria, of the lowest (episcopal) rank.

Around 1830 it was renamed Martyropolis In 1932, it was promoted to titular archdiocese, and had three notable incumbents: It has been vacant since 1967.

A titular see of the Syriac Catholic Church was also established, but suppressed in 1929, without a single recorded incumbent.