Ordinariate for the Armenian Believers in Greece
| Ordinariate for the Armenian Believers in Greece | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Country | Greece |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Full professor | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Hovsep Bezazian |
| surface | 131,957 km² |
| Parishes | 2 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Residents | 10,995,000 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics | 300 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 300 |
| rite | Armenian rite |
| Liturgical language | Armenian |
The Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Greece ( Latin Graeciae ) was founded on December 21, 1925 and has its seat in Athens . The ordinariate , which is characterized by its extreme diaspora situation , rose from 450 to 550 Armenian-Catholic Christians between 1950 and 2002 , who are cared for by the only diocesan priest of the ordinariate in the only parish in the country.
Between January 7, 2003 and March 21, 2015, the Armenian Bishop of Ispahan ( Iran ) was the Apostolic Administrator of the Ordinariate.
Ordinaries
- Bishop Antoine Missirli (Vicar Apostolic 1808–1824)
- Giuseppe Khantzian (1949–1973)
- Giovanni Koyounian (1973–1991)
- Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan (1991–2000) ( Apostolic Administrator 2003–2015)
- Hovsep Bezazian (since 2015) (Apostolic Administrator)
See also
Web links
- Entry to Ordinariate for the Armenian Believers in Greece on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 13, 2017.