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Archdiocese of Izmir Archidioecesis Smyrnensis İzmir Başpiskoposluğu
St. John's Cathedral
Location
Country	Turkey
Ecclesiastical province	Izmir
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,950
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	Francis
Archbishop	Lorenzo Piretto
Emeritus Bishops	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini Archbishop Emeritus (1983-2004)
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of İzmir (Smyrna, Smirne) (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.

Lorenzo Piretto, Dominican Order (O.P.), was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by Pope Francis on 7 December 2015.

In 1346 was established a Latin Archdiocese of Smyrna (Smirne).

In 1575 it was suppressed as residential see but immediately transformed into a Latin Titular archbishopric. As such it has had three incumbents :

In 1625 the residential see was restored, albeit for now demoted to missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, as Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna (Smirne).

It was promoted to nominally Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir (Smyrna) by Pope Pius VII on March 18, 1818, albeit without any suffragan sees that usually constitute the ecclesiastical province under a metropolitan archdiocese.