Nerses The Nersessian

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nerses The Nersessian CAM (born November 16, 1920 in Berlin ; † December 24, 2006 ) was the Armenian Catholic Archbishop and first professor for the Armenian believers in Eastern Europe .

Life

Nerses The Nersessian received on 8 September 1946, the ordination of Chaplains of Mechitarists . After his ordination, Father Nerses also worked as a librarian in the Matenadaran manuscript institute in Yerevan in 1982 . Later he was Abbot General of the Mechitarists in Venice. On July 13, 1991, when he was appointed archbishop "ad personam", he was also appointed professor of the Armenian Catholic Church in Eastern Europe .

After his appointment as titular Archbishop of Sebaste degli Armeni on July 9, 1992, he received episcopal ordination from Pope John Paul II on November 17, 1992 . As co-consecrators assisted Patriarch of Cilicia Archbishop John Bedros XVIII. Kasparian ICPB , Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan ICPB of Paris and Vartan Achkarian CAM, who was auxiliary bishop in Beirut .

From February 17, 2001 to April 2, 2005 Archbishop Vartan Kechichian (titular archbishop of Mardin degli Armeni ) was appointed coadjutor bishop . After his age-related resignation on April 2, 2005, he was professor emeritus for Eastern Europe until his death on December 24, 2006 , his successor being Nechan Karakéhéyan ICPB.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "After the collapse of the Soviet regime, Pope John Paul II established a new Armenian Catholic hierarchy and appointed the mechitarist P. Nereses Der-Nersessian as professor for all Catholic Armenians in Eastern Europe (Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine and Russia)". Kath.net: "Armenia has a record: it is the oldest Christian state in history" [1] , accessed on January 5, 2012
  2. ↑ Research on Byzantine Legal History, Ed. Dieter Simon, Volume 21 Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / data.rg.mpg.de
  3. ↑ “Ad personam = related to a person”, Juristenlatein.com - Latin legal terms, phrases and sayings [2] , accessed January 5, 2012
  4. ^ Sermon for the ordination of Nerses The Nersessian of Pope John Paul II on November 17, 1992 (Italian) [3]
predecessor Office successor
--- Full Professor of Eastern Europe
1991-2005 		Nechan Karakéhéyan ICPB
personal data
SURNAME The Nersessian, Nerses
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Der-Nersessian, Nereses
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2006