Armenian Ordinariate of

East Europe

Armenia Armenia, Belarus Belarus, Estonia Estonia, Georgia Georgia, Latvia Latvia, Lithuania Lithuania, Russia Russia

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Armenian

Type: Ordinariate Ordinariate

Name: East Europe (English) / Europa Orientale (Italiano) / Europæ Orientalis (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

History

Contact Info

Address: Rue Atarbekyan 82, Giumri, Armenia

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinary (2024.08.21 – ...):Archbishop Kevork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B. (56)Archbishop Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B. (56)

Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of East Europe (Armenian Rite)

Archbishop Kevork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B. (56)Archbishop Kevork Noradounguian (Georges Dankayé), I.C.P.B. (56)
(2024.08.21 – ...)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia)
Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians

Cum veritate et caritate

Born:1968.11.16 (Alep, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1995.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:2024.09.21

Procurator at Rome of the Armenians (2013? – 2015.10.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2014.04.30 – 2015.10.30)

Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (2024.08.21 – ...)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2024.08.21 – ...)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B. (56)Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B. (56)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.05.17 – 2024.08.21)

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (78)Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B.) (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.09.23 – 2022.05.17)

Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (78)Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B. (78) (later Patriarch)
(2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)
President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Unitatem spiritus servare

Born:1946.11.24 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1973.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2011.07.16

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2006 – 2011.06.24)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2011.06.24 – 2021.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2021.09.23 – 2022.05.17)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([2021.09.23] 2021.09.23 – ...)

President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (2021.09.23 – ...)

Fr. Vahan Ohanian
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.01.06 – 2011.06.24)

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.
(2005.04.02 – 2010.01.06)

Born:1932.04.17 (Pirea, Greece)
Ordained Priest:1960.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:2001.01.28
Died:2021.02.15 (Yerevan, Armenia † 88)

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (1991 – 2000.09.27)

Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) (2000.09.27 – 2005.04.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (2000.09.27 – 2015.03.21)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2005.04.02 – 2010.01.06)

Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) (2005.04.02 – 2015.10.01)

Titular Archbishop of Adana of the Armenians (2005.04.02 – 2021.02.15)

Archbishop Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M.
(1991.07.13 – 2005.04.02)

Born:1920.11.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1946.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1992.11.17
Died:2006.12.24 († 86)

Archbishop ad personam (1991.07.13 – 1992.07.09)

Ordinary of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (1991.07.13 – 2005.04.02)

Titular Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (1992.07.09 – 2006.12.24)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Istanbul (↙), Lviv (←), Ispahan (↓)

Statistics (2018.12.31)

Population: 618,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 18 priests (12 diocesan, 6 religious), 5 deacons, 30 religious (10 brothers, 20 sisters), 6 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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