Ordinariate of Greece, Greece (Armenian Rite)

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Armenian

Type: Ordinariate

Name: Greece / Græciæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Gregory the Illuminator

History

1925.12.21: Established as Ordinariate of Greece / Græciæ (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Odos Rene Pyo 2, 11744 Neo Kosmos, Athina, Greece

Phone: (210) 901-4089

Present Prelates

Ordinary (2025.01.25 – ...):

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B. (56)

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of Greece (Armenian Rite)

Fr. Mikaël Bassalé, I.C.P.B. (56)
(2025.01.25 – ...)

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece)

Born:	1969.01.16 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1997.12.21

Apostolic Administrator of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (2022.05.17 – 2024.08.21)

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (2025.01.25 – ...)

Fr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.03.21 – 2025.01.25)

Archbishop Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.09.27 – 2015.03.21)

Fr. Neshan Elijah Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (later Archbishop)
(1991 – 2000.09.27)

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)

Fr. Givanni Koyounian
(1973.06.21 – 1991)

Died:

1991

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (1973.06.21 – 1991)

Fr. Giuseppe Khantzian
(1949.06.18 – 1973)

Died:

1973

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (1949.06.18 – 1973)

Fr. Hovannes Gamsaragan
(1938 – 1947)

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (1938 – 1947)

Venerable Fr. Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1925.12.25 – 1938)

Born:	1881.06.25 (Erzerum, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:	1904.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.10.27
Died:	1972.09.20 (Roma, Italy † 91)

Ordinary of Greece of the Armenians (Greece) (1925.12.25 – 1938)

Titular Bishop of Acilisene (1940.08.29 – 1972.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1940.08.29 – 1972.09.20)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Armenian Ordinariate of

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Greece

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Statistics (2022.12.31)