LOCATION OF NESTORIAN CHURCHES

(from The Times Atlas of World History, London: Times Books, 1978 and

Moffett, A History of Christianity in Asia, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992)

Patriarchate

• Seleucia-Ctesiphon (to 800)
• Baghdad (after 800)

Metropolitan Sees

Mesopotamia/Persia

• Arbela
• Azerbaijan
• Bardaa
• Basrah
• Beth-garmai
• Halwan
• Jundishapur
• Karkh
• Kashkar
• Mosul & Ninevah
• Nisibis & Armenia
• Rai
• Rewardashir
• Tabriz
• Tripoli (Syria) & Jerusalem

China

• Hsi-an-fu (Xi'an)
• Khanbalik (Beijing)
• Tangut (Tibet)

India

• Patna

Transoxiana/Turkestan

• Bukhara
• Herat
• Kashgar
• Khotan
• Merv
• Navekath
• Samarkand

Bishoprics/Episcopal Sees

Mesopotamia/Persia

• Edessa
• Hirah
• Isfahan
• Margha
• Nishapur
• Tirhan
• Tus

Arabia

• Beth Katraye (Oman)
• Najran
• Sana
• Socotra

China

• Kan-chou (Shandan?)
• Ning-hsia (Ningxia)
• Ta-t'ung (Taiyuan)
• Yang-chou (Changzhou?)

Transoxiana/Turkestan

• Almalyk (Yining/Gulja)
• Balkh
• Cambaluc (Karamay?)
• Kara-Khoja (Urumchi?)
• Kumul (Hami)
• Turfan

Other Churches

Arabia

• Aden
• Dhofar (Mirbat)

China

• Chen-chiang (Shanghai)
• Ch'eng-tu (Chengdu)
• Ch'uan-chou (Quanzhou)
• Hang-chou (Hangzhou)
• Hsi-ning (Xining)
• Kuang-chou (Guangzhou)
• Tun-huang (Dunhuang)

India

• Bombay
• Cranganore
• Kottayam
• Quilon

Transoxiana/Turkestan

• Kucha (Kuqa)

Other Early Patriarchates

• Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox)
• Artashat (Armenian Orthodox)
• Antioch
• Constantinople (Eastern/Byzantine Orthodox)
• Damascus (Syrian Orthodox)
• Jerusalem
• Rome (Catholic)

REGION	CITY/AREA	BISHOP	METROPOLITAN
PERSIA	Seleucia-Ctesiphon	??	410
PERSIA	Bardaa		10th cent.
PERSIA	Basrah		7th cent.
PERSIA	Erbil		7th cent.
PERSIA	Halwan		10th cent.
PERSIA	Jundishapur	7th cent.	10th cent.
PERSIA	Karkh		7th cent.
PERSIA	Kashkar		7th cent.
PERSIA	Mosul		10th cent.
PERSIA	Mukar		10th cent.
PERSIA	Nisibis		7th cent.
PERSIA	Rewardashir		7th cent.
PERSIA	Rai		7th cent.
PERSIA	Taurisium (Tabriz)		10th cent.
PERSIA	Ahwaz	7th cent.
PERSIA	Bakerda	7th cent.
PERSIA	Dakuka	7th cent.
PERSIA	Destesana	7th cent.
PERSIA	Drangerda	7th cent.
PERSIA	Hira	7th cent.
PERSIA	Honita	7th cent.
PERSIA	Isfahan	7th cent.
PERSIA	Maalta	7th cent.
PERSIA	Maiperkat	7th cent.
PERSIA	Ninevah	7th cent.
PERSIA	Nishapur	7th cent.
PERSIA	Sciaarchadate	7th cent.
PERSIA	Segestan	7th cent.
PERSIA	Singara	7th cent.
PERSIA	Susa	7th cent.
PERSIA	Suster	7th cent.
PERSIA	Tarurisium	7th cent.
CHINA	Hsi-an-fu (Xi'an)		8th cent.
CHINA	Khanbalik (Beijing)		1248
CHINA	Ch'uan-chou (Quanzhou)	8th and 13th cent.
CHINA	Ta-t'ung (Taiyuan)	13th cent.
CHINA	Tangut (Tibet)	781	???
CHINA	Yang-chou (Changzhou?)	13th-14th cent.
INDIA	Gandispur		628-643
INDIA	Patna		1222
INDIA	Ceylon	6th cent.
INDIA	Kalyana	6th cent.
INDIA	Socotra	11th cent.
SOUTHEAST ASIA	Java		??
SYRIA/PALESTINE	Damascus		10th cent.
SYRIA/PALESTINE	Jerusalem	835	1065
TURKESTAN	Herat	4th cent.	628-643
TURKESTAN	Merv		399-410
TURKESTAN	Samarkand	410-415 / 628-643	628-643
TURKESTAN	Bukhara		8th cent.
TURKESTAN	Navekath		10th cent.
TURKESTAN	Khotan		??
TURKESTAN	Kashgar	??	1176-1190?
TURKESTAN	Hephthalite Huns	539
TURKESTAN	Kumul (Hami)	13th cent.
TURKESTAN	Turfan	13th cent.
TURKESTAN	Almalyk (Yining/Gulja)	??