Hovhannes Tertzakian
Hovhannes Tertzakian CAM (born January 3, 1924 in Aleppo , Syria , † January 28, 2002 in Belmont , Massachusetts ) was Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Church and headed the Our Lady of Nareg eparchy in New York .
Life
Tertzakian (first name: Edouard) attended the school of the Marists in Aleppo and the Mechitarists on San Lazzaro near Venice . In 1940 he became a member of the Mechitarist Order himself. He studied at the Gregoriana in Rome and was ordained an Armenian Catholic priest on September 8th in San Lazzaro. He then worked as a teacher at the mechitarist schools in Alexandria (Egypt) and Aleppo, from 1980 to 1982 as the rector of the Samuel Mourat College in Sèvres (France).
On July 16, 1982 Tertzakian was elected Abbot General of the Venice Mechitarists. He resigned from this office on January 4, 1984 in order to establish an Armenian Catholic school system in North America. In 1986 he became rector of the Armenian Catholic St. Anne's Cathedral in New York and in 1990 Chancellor of the Apostolic Exarchate for Catholic Armenians in the USA and Canada.
On January 6, 1995, Hovhannes Tertzakian was appointed Apostolic Exarch for Catholic Armenians in the USA and Canada by Pope John Paul II and titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni (today: Trabzon ). The episcopal ordination granted him Catholicos-Patriarch Hovhannes Bedros XVIII. Kasparian on April 29, 1995 in Glendale, California. His enthronement took place on May 7, 1995 in New York.
At the age of 75, Tertzakian resigned from his office as a bishop, as provided by canon law. From 2001 the bishop emeritus worked as a liturge and pastor at the Holy Cross Church in Belmont, Mass. Near her, he died as a pedestrian in a traffic accident at the age of 78. He was buried in the mechitarist cemetery of San Lazzaro.
Web links
- Entry on Hovhannes Tertzakian on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Obituary for Bishop Hovhannes Terzakian (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mikail Nersès Setian |
Apostolic Exarch of America and Canada 1995–2000 |
Manuel Batakian ICPB |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tertzakian, Hovhannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian clergyman, bishop of the Armenian Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2002 |
| Place of death | Belmont , Massachusetts |