Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan
Head of the Armenian Catholic Church from 2015 to 2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.P.C.B. (Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան) also known in English as Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan (14 November 1934 – 25 May 2021) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church after his election on 24 July 2015 and the necessary concession of the ecclesiastical full communion by Pope Francis one day later.[1] He was enthroned on 9 August 2015.
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Native name | Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան (Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan) |
Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Cilicia |
See | Patriarchate of Cilicia |
Elected | 24 July 2015 |
Installed | 9 August 2015 |
Term ended | 25 May 2021 |
Predecessor | Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni |
Successor | Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian |
Other post(s) | Armenian Catholic Bishop of France |
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Ordination | 28 March 1959 |
Consecration | 13 February 1977 by Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian |
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Born | Գրիգոր Կապրոյեան (Krikor Gabroyan) (1934-11-14)14 November 1934 |
Died | (aged 86) Beirut, Lebanon |
Denomination | Armenian Catholic |
Residence | Lebanon |
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Education | Armenian Pontifical College Pontifical Gregorian University |
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Reference style | His Beatitude |
Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
Religious style | Catholicos |
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