Hovhannes Tcholakian (12 April 1919 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish-Armenian
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
of the
Armenian Catholic Church
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Tcholakian was born in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
and ordained a priest in Istanbul on 25 April 1943. He was elected archbishop on 23 May 1966 and consecrated on 16 January 1967. Between 1967 and 2015 he served as
Archbishop of Istanbul. In March 2015 the
Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
Nerses Bedros XIX ( hy, Ներսէս Պետրոս ԺԹ. Թարմունի) (17 January 1940 – 25 June 2015) was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church.
He was the second son and the fifth of eight children born to Elias Taza and Josephine ...
accepted the resignation of Archbishop Tcholakian on grounds of age. He died in September 2016 at the age of 97.
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Catholic-Hierarchy
1919 births
2016 deaths
Armenian Catholic archbishops
Clergy from Istanbul
20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops
Turkish people of Armenian descent
Eastern Catholic bishops in Turkey
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