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 ...

Torkom Koushagian (in

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Թորգոմ Գուշակեան) (27 December 1874 – 10 February 1939) was

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 ...

serving the

Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James ( hy, Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ, , ) is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The ...

from 1931 to 1939. He was born Mgrdich Koushagian in Bardizag,

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, in 1874. After studies at Armash seminary he was ordained priest on 25 September 1896. He was consecrated bishop on 19 September 1910. From 1914 he was the Armenian Archbishop of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. He took over the position in Jerusalem after Patriarch Yeghishe Tourian. He was succeeded in 1939 by Patriarch Mesrob Nishanian.

References

*Arshag Alboyadjian:։ ''Torkom Patriarch Koushagian''։ Published by "Medavoragan Sbasarfutyants Kerasenyag, Cairo, Egypt, 1940.

External links

Torkom Koushagian's biography
Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1874 births 1939 deaths Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 19th-century Oriental Orthodox clergy {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub