Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...

Harootiun Vehabedian was elected

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem In 638, the Armenian Apostolic Church began appointing its own bishop in Jerusalem, generally known as the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. The office has continued, with some interruptions, down to this day. The bishop at the Armenian Patri ...

in 1885, but he stayed in

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until 1889, before arriving at

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

to receive his post. Meanwhile, Yeremya Der Sahagian acted as

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(caretaker). Patriarch Vehabedian continued serving until his death in 1910.Open Jerusalem website, ''About the death of Armenian Patriarch Harootiun Vehabedian'', article dated 4 October 1910''
/ref> After this, the position of Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem remained vacant from 1910 to 1921, when Patriarch Yeghishe Tourian was elected.

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