Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale, USA 🇺🇸 (Armenian Rite)

Name: Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (English) / Nostra Signora di Nareg in Glendale (Italiano) / Dominæ Nostræ Naregen(sis) (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

History

1981.07.03: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (English) / Feoderatarum Civitatum Americæ Septemtrionalis et Canada (Latin)
2005.09.12: Promoted as Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (English) / Nostra Signora di Nareg in New York (Italiano) / Dominæ Nostræ Naregen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2014.12.29: Renamed as Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (English) / Nostra Signora di Nareg in Glendale (Italiano) / Dominæ Nostræ Naregen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: 167 North 6th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA

Phone: +1 (718) 388-4218

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.12.29 – ...):	Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.04.03 – ...):	Bishop Parsegh Baghdassarian (Manuel), I.C.P.B. (50) Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniæ

Ordinaries

Bishops of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian Rite)

Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (64)
(2014.12.29 – ...)

Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Armenians (USA)

Born:	1961.07.05 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1987.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.31

Procurator at Rome of the Armenians (2005 – 2008)

Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in New York of the Armenians (USA) (2011.05.21 – 2014.12.29)

Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Armenians (USA) (2014.12.29 – ...)

Bishops of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian Rite)

Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (64)
(2011.05.21 – 2014.12.29)

(see above)

Bishop Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.
(2005.09.12 – 2011.05.21)

Born:	1929.11.05 (Athens, Greece)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.03.12
Died:	2021.10.18 (Beirut, Lebanon † 91)

Procurator at Rome of the Armenians (1990 – 1994.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (1994.11.11 – 2005.09.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1997 – 2000.11.30)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) (2000.11.30 – 2005.09.12)

Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in New York of the Armenians (USA) (2005.09.12 – 2011.05.21)

Apostolic Exarchs of United States of America and Canada (Armenian Rite)

Bishop Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.
(2000.11.30 – 2005.09.12)

(see above)

Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M.
(1995.01.05 – 2000.11.30)

Born:	1924.01.03 (Alep, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1948.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.29
Died:	2002.01.28 (Belmont, MA, USA † 78)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) (1995.01.05 – 2000.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (1995.01.05 – 2002.01.28)

Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian
(1981.07.03 – 1993.09.18)

Born:	1918.11.18 (Sivas, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:	1941.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.05
Died:	2002.09.09 († 83)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) (1981.07.03 – 1993.09.18)

Titular Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (1981.07.03 – 2002.09.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator, Glendale, California, USA
Former Cathedral, Former National Shrine (now not in use): Former Armenian Cathedral of St. Ann, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Churches by City (10)

América Latina e México (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 36,300 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes

Personnel: 10 priests (5 diocesan, 5 religious), 2 deacons, 9 religious (5 brothers, 4 sisters), 3 seminarians

Armenian Diocese of

Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale