Hemaiag Bedros XVII. Guedikian

Hemaiag Bedros XVII. Guedikian CAM ( Armenian : Հմայեակ Պետրոս ԺԷ. Կետիկեան; * October 2, 1905 in Trabzon , Ottoman Empire ; † November 28, 1998 in Bzommar , Lebanon ) was the seventeenth Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia .

Life

On October 19, 1930, Hemaiag Guedikian was ordained a priest of the Mechitarists (CAM). As Abbot General of the Mechitarists, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Zechia on May 30, 1971 and at the same time appointed Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia . Guedikian was by his predecessor Iknadios Bedros XVI. Batanian and co-consecrators Archbishop Georges layeK of Aleppo and Bishop Garabed Amadouni , Apostolic Exarch of the Eparchy of France consecrated bishop. He was a participant in the third and fourth session of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). As the successor to the Patriarch of Cilicia, he was named Hemaiag Bedros (Peter) XVII. Guedikian was elected seventeenth patriarch and enthroned on July 3, 1976 . After the age rules, he was on 30 May 1982 emeritus and remained until his death on November 28, 1998 Altpatriarch of Cilicia.

As patriarch, he was the main consecrator of:

Grégoire Ghabroyan ICPB Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni as Apostolic Exarch of France
Mikail Nersès Sétian Titular Bishop of Ancyra degli Armeni as Apostolic Exarch of the United States
Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDB as Titular Bishop of Mardin degli Armeni as Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico
and co-consecrator at André Bedoglouyan ICPB as titular bishop of Comana Armeniae as auxiliary bishop in the Patriarchate of Cilicia

predecessor	Office	successor
Iknadios Bedros XVI. Batanian	Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church 1976–1982	Hovhannes Bedros XVIII. Kasparian

personal data
SURNAME	Hemaiag Bedros XVII. Guedikian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lebanese clergyman, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trabzon , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 1998
Place of death	Bzommar , Lebanon