Raphaël Bayan

Raphaël Bayan ICPB (born February 28, 1914 in Zgharta , Lebanon , † September 21, 1999 ) was an Armenian Catholic bishop and headed the Iskanderiya Eparchy in Egypt .

Life

Raphaël Bayan was ordained a religious priest of the Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar (ICPB) on November 1, 1937 . On December 12, 1958, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Iskanderiya with simultaneous appointment as titular bishop of Taua . The Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian and the co-consecrators Archbishop Iknadios Batanian of Aleppo and the auxiliary bishop in Beirut Lorenzo Sahag Koguian consecrated him on 6 January 1959, Bishop. On July 2, 1960, he followed the late bishop to the bishopric of Iskanderiya. During his tenure he was a participant in the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). He consecrated the later Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX. for priests . From March 9, 1989, after his age-related retirement, until his death on September 21, 1999, he was the Former Bishop of Iskanderiya. Bishop Bayan was a co-consecrator

• Georges Layek as Archbishop of Aleppo in Syria ,
• Mesrob Terzian as titular bishop of Comana Armeniae (auxiliary bishop in Beirut ),
• Léonce Tchantayan Bishop of Ispahan in Iran ,
• Krikor Ayvazian Bishop of Kamichlié in Syria,
• Patriarch Johannes Bedros XVIII. Kasparian ICPB and
• Vartan Tekeyan ICPB as Bishop of Ispahan.

Web links

• Apostolic succession: Appointments 1958 [1] , appointments 1960 [2] , appointments 1989 [3] , titular seats [4] , Africa [5] , Nekrolog 1999 [6]
• Entry on Raphaël Bayan on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
• Biography of Nerses Tarmounihie (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacques Nessimian	Bishop of Iskanderiya 1960-1989	Nerses Tarmouni