Zuptara (or Zupatra, Zubtara, Zupatra, Zipatra) was a West Syrian diocese in the Melitene region of eastern Turkey. The diocese of Zuptara is attested between the eighth and eleventh centuries, and twelve of its bishops are mentioned in the lists of Michael the Syrian. The diocese almost certainly lapsed during the twelfth century.
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Location
Zuptara was a small town to the southwest of Melitene (modern Malatya) in eastern Turkey. It lay close to the border between the Byzantine Empire and the ʿAbbasid Caliphate, and for much of the ninth and tenth centuries it was disputed between the Byzantines and the Muslims.
Bishops of Zuptara
Twelve West Syrian bishops of Zuptara between the eighth and eleventh centuries are mentioned in the lists of Michael the Syrian.
The diocese of Zuptara almost certainly lapsed during the twelfth century.