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Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian (in
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
Իգնատիոս Պետրոս ԺԶ Պաթանեան French Ignace Pierre XVI Batanian; 15 February 1899 in
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– 9 October 1979, in
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- Patriarch of Cilicia from 1962 until his resignation in 1976. His election came as replacement of cardinal patriarch Gregory-Petros XV Agagianian, who had been assigned responsibilities with the
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Priesthood

He was born as Louis Batanian in
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. He was ordained a priest in 1921 when he was 22 years old. He was consecrated as bishop on 29 October 1933, as Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (1933–1940) and titular Archbishop of Gabula (1940–1952). He was assigned Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians in northern Syria (1952–1959) and finally titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia (1959–1962).GCatholic: Patriarchs of Cilicia
/ref> He became Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia of the Armenians (in Lebanon) on 24 April 1959 to Catholicos Cardinal Gregory-Petros XV Agagianian until 4 September 1962, when he was elected as Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Catholics on that day. His official reign as Patriarch continued from 15 November 1962 until 22 April 1976 when he resigned because of legal age. He constructed the new convent of Bzommar and the Armenian Catholic orphanage of
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. He witnessed as Patriarch the first two very difficult years of the
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Death

He died on 9 October 1979 in
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, aged 80.


See also

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List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia This is a list of the Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia, officially the Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics. The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia was established in 1740 following a schism within the Ar ...


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External links


Biography on official site of the Armenian Catholic Church
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batanian, Ignatius Petros 16 Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia 1979 deaths 1899 births People from Mardin Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Armenian Eastern Catholics