Kévork Khazoumian
Kévork Khazoumian , also George Khazoum , (born March 10, 1935 in Chiah , Lebanon ) is emeritus coadjutor of the Istanbul Archeparch of the Armenian Catholic Church in Turkey .
Life
Kevork Khazoumian received on 3 July 1960, the sacrament of Holy Orders . Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Marasc degli Armeni on 2002 and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Patriarchate of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church . The episcopal ordination donated him on April 7, 2002 His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX. , the Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in the Patriarchate of Cilicia, Vartan Achkarian and Jean Teyrouz .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him in 2006 as coadjutor archbishop of Johannes Tcholakian in the Istanbul Archeparch of the Armenian Catholic Church in Turkey.
He was vice-chairman of the Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference .
On May 21, 2014, the Patriarch of Cilicia, Nerses Bedros XIX. Tarmouni , his resignation.
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| SURNAME | Khazoumian, Kevork |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khazoumian, Kevork; Khazoum, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese clergyman, emeritus coadjutor of the Istanbul Archeparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church in Turkey |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiah , Lebanon |