Mikail Nersès Setian
Mikail Nersès Sétian (born November 18, 1918 in Sivas , Turkey , † September 2, 2002 in Los Angeles ) was the first Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarch of the United States and Canada .
Life
Mikail Nerses Setian was on 13 April 1941 in Rome for priests dedicated to the Armenian Catholic Church. Before his appointment as Apostolic Exarch, Sétian was Rector of the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome and from 1974 to 1981 procurator of the Patriarch of Cilicia in Rome. Simultaneously with his appointment as titular bishop of Ancyra degli Armeni , he was appointed Apostolic Exarch of the USA and Canada on July 3, 1981. The Patriarch of Cilicia Archbishop Hemaiag Bedros XVII. Guedikian CAM and the co-consecrators Bishop Paul Coussa the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and Auxiliary Bishop André Bedoglouyan ICPB initiated him on 5 December 1981 for the bishop. He was ordained bishop in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, and the inauguration took place on December 27, 1981. One of his first duties in 1983 was the relocation of the official residence to New York City . The Archbishop of New York, Terence James Cardinal Cooke made St. Ann's Church available to him for this purpose, which was expanded into a cathedral from 1984 to 1990 .
After his age-appropriate resignation on September 18, 1993, he was Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of the USA and Canada until his death on September 9, 2002 . He died in Los Angeles and was buried in Rome. Bishop Sétian was co-consecrator at the ordination of Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDB as titular bishop of Mardin degli Armeni ( Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico ) and of Hovhannes Tertzakian CAM as titular bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni .
Web links
- Apostolic succession: Appointments 1981 [3] , Appointments 1993 [4] , North America [5] , Asia [6] , titular seats [7] , Nekrolog 2002 [8]
- BISHOP NERSESS SETIAN, FIRST EXARCH (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on Mikail Nersès Sétian on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| - |
Apostolic Exarch of America and Canada 1981-1993 |
Hovhannes Tertzakian CAM |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sétian, Mikail Nersès |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian Catholic clergyman, Apostolic Exarch of America and Canada |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sivas , Turkey |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2002 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |