Papken I Guleserian

Babken I of Cilicia ( hy, Բաբգեն Ա.; 23 March 1868 in

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– 9 July 1936 in

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) was Catholicos Coadjutor to Sahag II, Catholicos of Cilicia of the

Holy See of Cilicia The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia ( hy, Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church. Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilic ...

of the

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. He was chosen because of the old age of the Catholicos to assist him in his duties. Born Harutyun Gulesserian, Babken I served as Coadjutor for the period 1931 to 1936, whereas Catholicos Sahag II served from 1902–1939, outliving him. 1868 births 1936 deaths People from Gaziantep Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians {{armenia-reli-bio-stub