Eparchy Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale

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Eparchy Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale
Map of Our Lady of Nareg Eparchy in Glendale
Basic data
Rite church Armenian Catholic Church
Country United States
Canada
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian ICPB
Emeritus diocesan bishop Manuel Batakian ICPB
founding 1981
surface 19,613,761 km²
Parishes 9 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 )
Residents 342,260,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Catholics 36,000 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 )
proportion of 0%
Diocesan priest 8 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Religious priest 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Catholics per priest 2,769
Friars 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Religious sisters 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 )
rite Armenian rite
Liturgical language Armenian
cathedral Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator
address 1510 E. Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91207, USA
Website ourladyofnareg.org

The Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale ( latin : Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Naregensis , German : Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale) is in the United States located Eparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church , based in Glendale .

history

The history of the Armenian Catholic community in New York began in the late nineteenth century. In 1896, the Patriarch of Cilicia , Stephano Bedros X. Azarian appointed the priest Mardiros Megerian to be pastor of the Armenian community in New York.

The the Patriarchal Vicar appointed Monsignor Margerian took care of the immigrant victims of the Armenian genocide . His successor, Monsignor Haroutyoun Maldjian, served the mission during the Great Depression from 1929 to 1933.

Pope John Paul II founded the Apostolic Exarchate America and Canada with the Apostolic Constitution Divini Pastoris on July 3, 1981. On September 12, 2005, it was elevated to an eparchy with the Apostolic Constitution Qui nuper successimus and received its current name. In 2012, the eparchy moved from New York City to Glendale. The church in New York was sold and while a new church was being offered the bishop decided to move the eparchy to Glendale as there were more Armenian Catholic families in that area than in New York.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of America and Canada

Bishops of Our Lady of Nareg in New York / Glendale

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