Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (born July 5, 1961) is a

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of the

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in the

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. He has served as the second eparch (bishop) of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada since 2011.

Biography

Mikaël Mouradian was born in

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and ordained a priest for the

Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar The Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar (french: Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar) is an Armenian Catholic religious congregation A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distingu ...

on October 24, 1987 by Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.

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named Mouradian as the eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York on May 21, 2011. He was ordained a bishop by 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 ...

of the

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on July 31, 2011. The principal co-consecrators were Archeparch Boutros Marayati of Alep, Eparch Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, Archeparch Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. of Eastern Europe and Eparch Emeritus of New York

Manuel Batakian Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. (November 5, 1929 – October 18, 2021) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop to the Armenian Catholic Patriarch from 1995 to 2000, as the third exarch of the Apos ...

, I.C.P.B.

References

External links

Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of NaregBishop Mikael Antoine Mouradian

Episcopal succession

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mouradian, Mikael Antoine 1961 births Living people Religious leaders from Beirut Members of the Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar Lebanese people of Armenian descent Armenian Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops American Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century American clergy

Biography

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Episcopal succession