The Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico (América Latina e México) is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the

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''sui iuris'' (

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) in parts of

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on Rome (notably the

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), not part of any

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. It has a

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episcopal: Catedral Armênia São Gregório Iluminador, São Paulo, Brazil and a Co-cathedral: Nuestra Señora de Bzommar, Montevideo, Uruguay.

History

* Established on 3 July 1981 as

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of Latin America and Mexico, on territory previously without Ordinary of the particular church. * Lost territory on 18 February 1989 to establish the Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina), restricting itself to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Ordinaries

(all

) ;''Apostolic Exarchs of Latin America and Mexico (América Latina e México) * Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B. (3 July 1981 – 4 July 2018), initially

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Mardin of the Armenians Mardin was a diocese of the Chaldean Church from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The diocese lapsed in 1941. Prior to this, it was a diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East, from which the Chaldean Catholic Church originated. Backg ...

(1981.07.03 – 1989.02.18), later Eparchial Bishop of Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1989.02.18 – 2018.07.04.), temporarily

Procurator at Rome In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a procurator is one who acts on behalf of and by virtue of the authority of another. In a monastery, the procurator is the friar, monk or nun charged with administering its financial affairs. Bishops have be ...

of the Armenian Catholics (2001 – 2002) *

Pablo Hakimian Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

(since 4 July 2018), Eparchial Bishop of Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires

References

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External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/damer.html Armenian diaspora Armenian Catholic Church

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Eastern Catholic dioceses in Uruguay {{ArmenianCatholic-stub

History

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