Nechan Karakéhéyan

Nechan Karakéhéyan, Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar (born on 17 April 1932 in Piraeus, Greece) was an Ordinate emeritus of Greece to Armenian Catholics.

Life

Nechan Karakéhéyan joined the Congregation of the Patriarcal Congregation of Bzommar Institute and received on July 2, 1960 his ordination to the priesthood. Pope John Paul II appointed him in 1991 Ordinary to the Armenian Catholics in Greece. On 27 September 2000 he was appointed Bishop of Ispahan.

The Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX, ordained him on 28 January next year to episcopate, being his co-consecrators Grégoire Ghabroyan, Bishop of the Eparchy of the Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of Armenians and Manuel Batakian, bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York]].

On January 7, 2003 Karakéhéyan was appointed Apostolic Administrator to Greece.[1] On 2 April 2005 he was appointed Ordinary to Eastern Europe and Titular Archbishop of Adana degli Armeni. On 6 January 2010 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related withdrawal.

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