List of Patriarchs of Jerusalem of the Armenian Apostolic Church
The following people were bishops, archbishops and patriarchs of what is now the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Jerusalem :
- Abraham (638-669)
- Krikor Yedessatzi (669-696)
- Kevork (696-708)
- Megrditsch (708-730)
- John (730-758)
- Stepanos (758-774)
- Yeghia (774-797)
- ...
- Abraham (885-909)
- ...
- Krikor (981-1006)
- Arsenic (1006-1038)
- Mesrob (1008)
- ...
- Simeon (1090-1109)
- Movses (1109–1133)
- Esayi (1133-1152)
- Sahag (1152–1180)
- Abraham of Jerusalem (1180–1191)
- Minas (1191-1205)
- Abraham (1215-1218)
- Arakel (1218-1230)
- Johannes von Karin (Erzerum) (1230–1238)
- Garabed of Jerusalem (1238-1254)
- Hagopos (1254-1281)
- Sarkis (1281-1313)
- Asdvadzadur (1313-1316)
- David I, "Bishop of Jerusalem" (1316–1321)
- Boghos (or Bedros) (1321-1323)
- Vartan Areveltzi (1323-1332)
- Johannes Jocelyne (1332-1341)
- Parsegh (1341-1356)
- Garabed (1349)
- Krikor (1356-1363)
- Giragos ( Coadjutor )
- Mgrditsch (1363-1378)
- Johannes Lehatzi (of Poland) (1378-1386)
- Krikor IV of Egypt (1386-1391)
- Esayee (1391-1394)
- Sarkis II (1394-1415)
- Mardiros (Coadjutor) (1399)
- Mesrob (Coadjutor) (1402)
- Boghos Karnetzi, later Catholicos (1415-1419)
- Mardiros of Egypt (1419-1430)
- Minas (Coadjutor) (1426)
- Esayi (1430-1431)
- John (1431–1441)
- Muron (1436-1437)
- Abraham Missirtzi (1441-1454)
- Mesrob (1454-1461)
- Bedros (1461-1476)
- Mgrditsch Elovtzi (1476–1479)
- Abraham Periatzi (1497–1485)
- Johannes Mssirtzi (1485-1491)
- Mardiros Brusatzi (Martiros Prusac'i) (1491–1501), previously bishop of Bursa
- Bedros (1501–1507)
- Sarkis (1507-1517)
- John (1517–1522)
- Theodor (Asdvadzadur Merdintzi) (1532–1542)
- Pilibos (1542-1550)
- Theodor (Asdvadzadur Merdintzi) (1550-1551), again
- Antreas of Mardin (1551–1583)
- David II of Mardin (1583-1613)
- Krikor Kantzagehtzi (1613–1645)
- Theodor (Asdvadzadur Daronetzi) (1645–1664)
- Eghiazar von Aintab (1664–1665), "Patriarch of Jerusalem and Catholicos of all Armenians in the Ottoman Empire", previously the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Theodor (Asdvadzadur Daronetzi) (1665–1666), again
- Eghiasar of Aintab (1666–1668)
- Theodor (Asdvadzadur) (1668–1670)
- Eghiasar of Aintab (1670–1677 [1682]), again; 1681 / 2– † 1691 Catholicos in Etchmiadzin
- Mardiros from Kaffa (1677-1680)
- Johannes Amasiatzi (Topal) (1680)
- Mardiros from Kaffa (1681– † 1683), again
- Lay ( locum tenens ) (1683–1684)
- Johannes G. Bolsetzi (1684–1697)
- Simeon (Coadjutor) (1688-1691)
- Minas Hamtetzi (1697–1702 [deposed]. 1703- † 1704)
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1704-1715 under the administration of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Kalusd Zeytuntsi (Gaydzagn) (initially coadjutor)
- Krikor (Bidzag) (Coadjutor) (1704–15), also Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Krikor VII. Shirvantzi (the "chain bearer") (1715 [1717] –1749), 1721- † 1749 in Jerusalem
- Hanna of Jerusalem, patriarchal vicar 1717- † 1733
- Hagop II. Nalian Zimmaratzi (1749–1752), also Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Teodoros Chorenatzi in Taron (1752–1761)
- Garabed II. (Tandtschagetzi) from Gandzak (1761–1768)
- Boghos III. from Van (1768–1775)
- Hovhannes (Johannes) Kanapertzi (1775–1793)
- Bedros III. from Tokat (1793–1800)
- Teodorus II from Van (1800-1818)
- Kapriel of Nicomedia (1818–1840)
- Boghos Adrianubolsetzi (1824–1847)
- Zakaria Kopetzi (1840-1846)
- Giragos Mnatzakanian of Jerusalem (1846–1850)
- John X. Movsessian of Smyrna (1850–1860)
- Vertanes (Locum Tenens) (1860–1864)
- Esayi of Talas (1864-1885)
- Yeremya The Sahagian (1885-1889)
- Harutiun Vehabedian ([1885] 1889– † 1910), 1885–1888 Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1910–1921 Sedis vacancy
- Taniel Hagopian (Locum tenens, 1909–1913)
- Malachia Ormanian (Locum tenens, 1914-1916); previously 1896–1908 Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1916–1917 Sahag Khabayan , "Catholicos Patriarch of All Armenians in the Ottoman Empire "
- Yeghische Tourian (1921–1929), previously Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1909 to 1911
- Torkom I. Koushagian (1929–1939)
- Mesrob III. Nishanian (1939-1944)
- Guregh II. Israelian (1944-1949)
- 1949-1960 Sedis vacancy
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Tiran Nersoyan (1957–1958), elected and proclaimed on March 20, 1957, expelled by the Jordanian authorities on August 30, 1958, † 1989 in New York
- Suren Kemhadjian (Locum tenens, 1958–1960)
- Hayrig Aslanian (Locum tenens, March 30 to June 9, 1960)
- Yeghishe Derderian (1960–1990)
- Torkom Manoogian (1990-2012)
- Nourhan Manougian (2013–)
See also
literature
- List of patriarchs. ( Memento of September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Homepage of the Armenian Patriarchate, read on September 25, 2011
- Haig Aram Krikorian: Lives and Times of the Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem . Sherman Oaks, Calif. : HA Krikorian 2009. ISBN 9780976910718