Krikor Ayvazian (b. Marash,
Ottoman Empire 27 June 1912 - d.
Aleppo
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, Syria 21 January 1997) was the
Armenian Catholic Bishop of
Qamishli.
Life
Krikor Ayvazian was consecrated on September 6, 1936 as a priest in the
Armenian Catholic Church. In December 6, 1972, he received the appointment as Bishop of Qamishli for the Armenian Catholics and was consecrated on 25 February 1973 by the hand of Armenian Catholic
Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian
Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian (in Armenian Իգնատիոս Պետրոս ԺԶ Պաթանեան French Ignace Pierre XVI Batanian; 15 February 1899 in Mardin, Ottoman Empire – 9 October 1979, in Lebanon) was Armenian Catholic Catholicos- Patriar ...
, Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church. The co-consecrators Archbishop Georges Layek of Aleppo, Syria and Bishop Raphaël Bayan of Alexandria, Egypt.
Bishop Ayvazian served as Bishop of Qamishli for 16 years and retired on 18 November 1988 as Bishop Emeritus of Qamishli and was succeeded by Joseph Arnaouti as new Bishop of Qamishli. Upon retirement on 23 November 1988 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Marash. He died on 21 January 1997 in Aleppo and was buried there.
Die Apostolische Nachfolge -Nekrolog 1997
He authored a great number of publications including recounting his beginnings in Marash (in Turkish
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Kahramanmaraş), Cilicia (Turkey).
See also
*Catholic Church in Syria
The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are 368,000 Catholics in Syria (and its refugee diaspora), approximately 2% of the total population. The Catholics of ...
References
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Armenian Catholic bishops
1912 births
1997 deaths
People from Kahramanmaraş