Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan
His Beatitude
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| Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia | |
| Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| See | Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia |
| Elected | 24 July 2015 |
| Predecessor | Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni |
| Other posts | Armenian Catholic Bishop of France |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 March 1959 |
| Consecration |
13 February 1977 by Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Krikor Gabroyan |
| Born |
14 November 1934 Aleppo, Syria |
| Denomination | Armenian Catholic |
| Residence | Lebanon |
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| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
| Religious style | Catholicos |
| Posthumous style | n/a |
Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan (Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան also known in English as Gregory Petros XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan born in Aleppo, Syria on 14 November 1934) is the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church after his election on 24 July 2015 and the necessary concession of the ecclesiastical full communion by Pope Francis one day later.[1] He was officially enthroned on 9 August 2015.
Biography
Gabroyan felt a vocation for the priesthood and studied at Bzommar Patriarchal Monastery continuing at the Collège des frères maristes de Jounieh (Lebanon). He was sent to Italy to continue his higher studies at the Armenian Leonine Pontifical College in Rome and graduate studies in Philosophy and Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Upon successful graduation, he returned to Lebanon and was ordained priest on 28 March 1959.
Gabroyan became an instructor in Bzommar Monastery School in 1960 and from 1962 to 1996 served as principal of the Armenian Catholic Mesrobian Secondary School in Bourj Hammoud and from 1969 to 1975 as head of the Bzommar Convent School and secretary to the Convent's executive council.
In 1976, he was appointed for serving the Armenian Catholics in France and was ordained as bishop on 13 February 1977 on the hand of Armenian Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian serving as Apostolic Exarch in France from 1977 to 1986 and as Primate and Armenian Catholic Eparch and Bishop of France at the Éparchie Sainte-Croix-de-Paris des Arméniens, from 1986 to April 2013 date of his retirement from his duties.
Upon the death of Armenian Catholic Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni on 25 June 2015, he served as administrator of the Church until election of a new Patriarch.[2] The Armenian Catholic Holy Synod of Bishops convened starting 14 July 2015 and elected Gabroyan as Catholicos Patriarch on 24 July 2015 under the name of Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan.[1]
He was officially enthroned on 9 August 2015 in Bzommar, Lebanon.[3][4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Concessione della "Ecclesiastica Communio" al nuovo Patriarca di Cilicia degli Armeni, Sua Beatitudine Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan" (in Italian and French). Holy See Press Office. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Message of His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the Funeral for His Beatitude Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni, Patrairch of Cilicia for Armenians". Holy See Press Office. June 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Ամենապատիւ Տէր Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կաթողիկոս Պատրիարք Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Կաթողիկէ Հայոց" (in Armenian). Armenian Catholic Church. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Cerimonia intronizzazione del Patriarca armeno cattolico Radio Vaticana. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Nigoghayos Kehiayan |
Armenian Catholic Bishop of France 1977–2013 |
Succeeded by Jean Teyrouz |
| Preceded by Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni |
Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia 2015–present |
Incumbent |