This is a list of The
Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia. The
Armenian CatholicThe Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church sui juris in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is in full communion with and accepts the authority of the Pope in Rome as regulated by Eastern canon law...
patriarchateA patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. A patriarch, as the term is used here, is either* one of the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, the five that were included in the Pentarchy: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, but now nine, excluding...
was established in 1740 and recognized by the
PopeThe pope is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church...
of the Catholic Church in 26 November,1742 following a
schismThe word schism , from the Greek σχίσμα, skhísma , means a split or a division, usually in an organization or a movement. A schismatic is a person who creates or incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group...
within the Armenian Patriarchate based in
CiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia now known as Çukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of Asia Minor south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
. They are one of
PatriarchOriginally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy...
s of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The official title of the head of the church is "Patriarch Catholicos of the House of Cilicia"
- Abraham Petros I Ardzivian
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian was an Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia. In 1738, the Armenian Catholics of Aleppo obtained a church and brought a license to return Ardzivian to Aleppo 1739. They decided to have an independent patriarchate with their bishop, who arriving to Aleppo, by the help of...
(1737-1749)
- Hogop Petros II Hovesepian
Hagop Petros II HovsepianHagop Petros II Hovsepian was born in Aleppo, Syria.Spent 10 years living spiritual life at St. Antoine’s Convent. Ordained as priest by Monsignor Ardzivian in 1720. His first church was in Pasha, Ottoman Empire...
(1749-1753)
- Michael Petros III Kasparian
Michael Petros III Kasbarian was from Aleppo, Syria.Kasbarian was a member of the Order of St. Antoine.During his time at Bzommar there was not a church. All the big events took place at Kreim. He limited all outside activities, focusing on the Seat and its responsibilities. He began...
(1753-1780)
- Parsegh Petros IV Avkadian (1780-1788)
- Gregory Petros V Kupelian (1788-1812)
- Gregory Petros VI Djeanian (1815-1841)
- Jacob Petros VII Holassian (1841-1843)
- Gregory Petros VIII Derasdvazadourian (1844-1866)
- Anthony Petros IX Hassun (1866-1881)
- Jacob (anti-patriarch) c.
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This is a list of The
Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia. The
Armenian CatholicThe Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church sui juris in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is in full communion with and accepts the authority of the Pope in Rome as regulated by Eastern canon law...
patriarchateA patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. A patriarch, as the term is used here, is either* one of the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, the five that were included in the Pentarchy: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, but now nine, excluding...
was established in 1740 and recognized by the
PopeThe pope is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church...
of the Catholic Church in 26 November,1742 following a
schismThe word schism , from the Greek σχίσμα, skhísma , means a split or a division, usually in an organization or a movement. A schismatic is a person who creates or incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group...
within the Armenian Patriarchate based in
CiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia now known as Çukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of Asia Minor south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
. They are one of
PatriarchOriginally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy...
s of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The official title of the head of the church is "Patriarch Catholicos of the House of Cilicia"
Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia
- Abraham Petros I Ardzivian
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian was an Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia. In 1738, the Armenian Catholics of Aleppo obtained a church and brought a license to return Ardzivian to Aleppo 1739. They decided to have an independent patriarchate with their bishop, who arriving to Aleppo, by the help of...
(1737-1749)
- Hogop Petros II Hovesepian
Hagop Petros II HovsepianHagop Petros II Hovsepian was born in Aleppo, Syria.Spent 10 years living spiritual life at St. Antoine’s Convent. Ordained as priest by Monsignor Ardzivian in 1720. His first church was in Pasha, Ottoman Empire...
(1749-1753)
- Michael Petros III Kasparian
Michael Petros III Kasbarian was from Aleppo, Syria.Kasbarian was a member of the Order of St. Antoine.During his time at Bzommar there was not a church. All the big events took place at Kreim. He limited all outside activities, focusing on the Seat and its responsibilities. He began...
(1753-1780)
- Parsegh Petros IV Avkadian (1780-1788)
- Gregory Petros V Kupelian (1788-1812)
- Gregory Petros VI Djeanian (1815-1841)
- Jacob Petros VII Holassian (1841-1843)
- Gregory Petros VIII Derasdvazadourian (1844-1866)
- Anthony Petros IX Hassun (1866-1881)
- Jacob (anti-patriarch) c. (1870- ?)
- Stephen Petros X Azarian (1881-1899)
- Paul Petros XI Emmanuelian (1899-1904)
- Paul Petros XII Sabbaghian (1904-1910)
- Paul Petros XIII Terzian (1910-1931)
- Avedis Petros XIV Arpiarian (1931-1937)
- Gregory Petros XV Agagianian
Krikor Bedros Aghajanian was a Cardinal and leader of the Armenian Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Cilicia from 1937 to 1962, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1958 to 1970...
(1937-1962)
- Ignatius Petros XVI Batanian (1962-1976)
- Hemaiag Petros XVII Ghedighian (1976-1982)
- John Petros XVIII Kasparian (1983-1998)
- Nerses Petros XIX Tarmouni
Nerses Bedros XIX is the current patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church. He was the second son and the fifth of eight children born to Elias Taza and Josephine Azouz...
(1999-Present)
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