This is a list of the Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia, officially the Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics. The

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was established in 1740 following a

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within the Armenian Patriarchate based in

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and was recognized by the

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on 26 November 1742. The

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is the head of the

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, one of the

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with the

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and therefore part of the broader

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Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia

(in parentheses in

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using classical Armenian spelling) * Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (1740–1749) (Աբրահամ Պետրոս Ա. Արծիւեան) * Hagop Petros II Hovsepian (1749–1753) (Յակոբ Պետրոս Բ. Յովսէփեան) * Michael Petros III Kasparian (1753–1780) (Միքայէլ Պետրոս Գ. Գասպարեան) *

Parsegh Petros IV Avkadian Basile Petros IV Avkadian (in Armenian language, Armenian Բարսեղ Պետրոս Դ. Աւգատեան ) was an List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia, Armenian Catholic Patriarch from Aleppo, Syria from 1780 until 1788. He started as ...

(1780–1788) (Բարսեղ Պետրոս Դ. Աւգատեան) * (1788–1812) (Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ե. Քիւբելեան) * (1815–1841) (Գրիգոր Պետրոս Զ. Ճերանեան) * (1841–1843) (Յակոբ Պետրոս Է. Հոլասեան) * (1844–1866) (Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ը. Տէր Աստուածատուրեան) * Anthony Petros IX Hassun (1866–1881) (ԱՆտոն Պետրոս Թ. Հասունեան) **'' Jacob Pahtiarian (anti-patriarch) c. (1871–)'' (Յակոբ հակաթոռ) * (1881–1899) (Ստեփանոս Պետրոս Ժ. Ազարեան) * (1899–1904) (Պօղոս Պետրոս ԺԱ Էմմանուէլեան) * (1904–1910) (Պօղոս Պետրոս ԺԲ. Սապպաղեան) * (1910–1931) (Պօղոս Պետրոս ԺԳ. Թերզեան) * (1931–1937) (Աւետիս Պետրոս ԺԴ. Արփիարեան) * Gregory Petros XV Agagianian (1937–1962) (Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան) * Ignatius Petros XVI Batanian (1962–1976) (Իգնատիոս Պետրոս ԺԶ Պաթանեան) *

Hemaiag Petros XVII Ghedighian Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian (in Armenian Հմայեակ Պետրոս ԺԷ. Կէտիկեան) (2 October 1905, in Partizak, Armenia – 28 November 1998, in Lebanon) was the Armenian Catholic Catholicos- Patriarch of Cilicia from July 1976 unti ...

(1976–1982) (Հմայեակ Պետրոս ԺԷ. Կետիկեան) * John Petros XVIII Kasparian (1982–1999) (Յովաննէս Պետրոս ԺԸ. Գասպարեան) * Nerses Petros XIX Tarmouni (1999–2015) (Ներսէս Պետրոս ԺԹ. Թարմունի) *

Krikor Petros XX Gabroyan Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.P.C.B. ( hy, Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան) also known in English as Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan (14 November 1934 – 25 May 2021) was the Catholicos-P ...

(2015–2021) (Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան) *

Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. ( hy, Ռաֆայել Պետրոս ԻԱ. Մինասյան; born 24 November 1946) is a Lebanese-born hierarch who serves as the 21st patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church. He previously serve ...

(since 2021) (Ռաֆայել Պետրոս ԻԱ. Մինասյան)

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