Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova

Catholic church in İzmir, Turkey

38°27′57″N 27°13′12″E / 38.46583°N 27.22000°E / 38.46583; 27.22000ArchitectureCompleted1831

Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Turkish: Santa Maria Katolik Kilisesi) is a Catholic church in Bornova district İzmir, Turkey.

History

Saint Mary's Catholic Church was built by the Franciscans in 1831, according to the inscriptions in the church.^[1] During the creation of Bornova Cumhuriyet Square in the 1970s, the area of the church shrank with the construction of new buildings in the surrounding area.^[2] The church's immovables were transferred to the Italian Catholic Church by a court decision in 2018.^[3]

References

^ Gültekin, Eser. "Bornova'dan Santa Maria Kilisesi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.
^ "Bornova Catholic church". Levantine Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
^ "'Lozan'a gerek yokmuş'". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-04-02.

External links

Official website (in Turkish)

İzmir

Known as Smyrna in English until about 1930

Settlements

Central districts (İlçe)	Balçova Bayraklı Bornova Buca Çiğli Gaziemir Güzelbahçe Karabağlar Karşıyaka Konak Narlıdere
Neighborhoods	Alsancak İnciraltı Karataş Kemeraltı

History

Universities

Museums and
monuments

Religious
buildings

Mosques	Başdurak Mosque Hisar Mosque Kestanepazarı Mosque Salepçioğlu Mosque Yalı Mosque
Churches	St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church St. John's Cathedral St. Mary's Church (Bornova) St. Mary's Church (Konak) Saint Polycarp Church St. Stepanos Church (destroyed) Saint Voukolos Church
Synagogues	Bet Israel Synagogue Signora Giveret Synagogue

Transportation

Buildings and structures

Squares

Cumhuriyet
Gündoğdu
Konak
Lozan

Category:İzmir

v t e Catholic Church in Turkey
Episcopal Conference of Turkey
Active dioceses	Latin: Archdiocese of Izmir Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul Armenian: Archeparchy of Istanbul Chaldean: Archeparchy of Diarbekir Byzantine: Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul (Melkite Church) Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul (Greek Church) Syriac: Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey
Cathedrals	Latin: St. John's Cathedral, Izmir Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Istanbul Armenian: St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul Greek Byzantine: Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Cathedral, Istanbul Chaldean: St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır
Churches	Latin: St. Anthony of Padua Basilica, Istanbul Saint Paul Church, Adana St. Térèse Church, Ankara Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Konak Saint Polycarp Church, Izmir St. Helena Church, Karşıyaka House of the Virgin Mary Armenian: Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church
Relations	Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey Holy See–Turkey relations
Popes from Anatolia	Pope John VI Pope Conon
See also	Polonezköy Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace
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