The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires in an eparchy ( Eastern Catholic

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) of the

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(

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) for

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. It depends immediately on the

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, without being part of his or any other

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Armenia de Nuestra Señora de Narek, in Argentina's capital

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, dedicated to

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History

Established on 18 February 1989 as Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en (i.e. 'in') Buenos Aires, on territory split off from the

Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico The Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico (América Latina e México) is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in parts of Latin America. ...

, from where the Apostolic Exarch was promoted as first Eparch in Buenos Aires.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

) ;''Eparchial Bishops of (San Gregorio de Narek in) Buenos Aires'' * Vartán Waldir Boghossian,

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(1989.02.18 – 2018.07.04), but temporarily

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of the Armenian Catholics (2001–2002); previously

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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) &

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América Latina e México of the Armenians The Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico (América Latina e México) is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) in parts of Latin America. ...

(Brazil) (1981.07.03 – 2018.07.04.) *

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(since 4 July 2018), also Apostolic Exarch of

Auxiliary bishop

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, I.C.P.B. (1994-1997), appointed Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

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