Krikor Bedros XX. Ghabroyan
Krikor Ghabroyan ICPB ( Armenian Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի Գապրոյան ; born November 15, 1934 in Aleppo ) is Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church .
Life
Grégoire Ghabroyan joined the religious order of the Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar and was ordained a priest on March 28, 1959 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on January 3, 1977 titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni and Apostolic Exarch of France .
He received his episcopal ordination from the Patriarch of Cilicia , Hemaiag Bedros XVII. Guedikian CAM , February 13 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Léonce Tchantayan , Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia , and Georges Layek , Archbishop of Aleppo .
Pope John Paul II elevated the exarchate to an eparchy on June 30, 1986 and appointed him first bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris . On February 2, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.
On July 24, 2015 he was elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (official title) with his seat in the Bzommar Monastery near Beirut . Pope Francis confirmed his ecclesial fellowship to him the following day.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elezione del nuovo Patriarca di Cilicia degli Armeni. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 25, 2015, accessed July 25, 2015 (Italian).
- ^ Concessione della “Ecclesiastica Communio” al nuovo Patriarca di Cilicia degli Armeni, Sua Beatitudine Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 25, 2015, accessed July 25, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Garabed Amadouni |
Apostolic Exarch of France / Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris 1977–2013 |
Jean Teyrouz |
Nerses Bedros XIX. Tarmouni |
Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church since 2015 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ghabroyan, Grégoire |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ghabroyan, Krikor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian clergyman, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo |