INTRODUCTION. Anaïs Massot and Padraic Rohan. PART ONE. 

MISSIONS: RIVALRIES AND COMPARISONS. 1. Conflicts and Rivalries in the Catholic Mission in Ottoman Anatolia between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Theodosios Kyriakidis. 2. Faith, Diplomacy, & Imperial Rivalries: The Assumptionist Mission in Comparative Perspective. Ediz Hazir. 3. The Kumkapı Mission of the Assumptionist Congregation in Istanbul. Elçin Macar. PART TWO. CHURCHES: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND MATERIALITY 4. The Interior World of Armenian Catholics in 1890s Mardin: The Materiality of Sourp Hovsep Church (1894) Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan 5. Bursa’s Latin and Armenian Catholic Religious and Cultural Heritage, from the 19th Century until Today Vanessa R. de Obaldía & Ersoy Soydan. PART THREE.  EASTERN CATHOLICISM: CONVERSION AND POLITICS. 6. Conversion, Coercion and Conformity: The Chaldean Catholic Church’s Expansion (1804–1914). Nicholas Al-Jeloo. 7. Russia’s Policy Formation toward Armenian Catholics: Focusing on the Role of the Caucasian Viceroyalty/High Com-missioner's Office and the Armenian Church (1878–1909). Masayuki Ishimoto. PART FOUR. IZMIR: JURISDICTION, URBAN PRESENCE, SOURCES. 8. Ottoman Attitudes Towards the Re-establishment of the Catholic See of Izmir (Smyrna) in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century. Radu Dipratu. 9. Catholic Churches and Convents of Smyrna Before, During, and After the Cretan War: A Political Urban History. Alper Metin. 10. Fin de la mission des Jésuites à Smyrne en 1778 : Après une existence de 155 ans. Rinaldo Marmara. PART FIVE. BEYOND ANATOLIA: FROM SYRIA TO THE BALKANS. 11. Translation and the Rise of Catholicism in 18th-Century Aleppo. Joshua Mugler. 12. The Apostolic Delegate of Mesopotamia in the Late Ottoman period: Power, Information and Financial Networks between the Holy See, Latin Missionaries and Eastern Catholic Churches. Matthieu Gosse. 13. Ecclesiastical Education and Social Practices in the Catholic Enclaves of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th Century. A Comparative perspective. Cristina Codarcea. CONTRIBUTORS’ BIOGRAPHIES.