Armenian Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Armenian Rite

Type: Patriarchal

Canonical Territory: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh

Population: 566,000

Official Language: Armenian

 

Patriarchal See: Cilicia (Lebanon)

Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

 

Saints: 6 Saints, 8 Blesseds

Jurisdictions (18): Patriarchates Patriarchate (1), Metr. Archdioceses Metr. Archdiocese (1), Archdioceses Archdiocese (4), Dioceses Diocese (6), Apostolic Exarchates Apostolic Exarchate (1), Ordinariates Ordinariate (3), Patriarchal Exarchates Patriarchal Exarchate (2)


Argentina Argentina: San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires

Armenia Armenia: East Europe

Belarus Belarus: East Europe

Brazil Brazil: América Latina e México

Canada Canada: Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale

Egypt Egypt: Iskanderiya

Estonia Estonia: East Europe

France France: Sainte-Croix-de-Paris

Georgia Georgia: East Europe

Greece Greece: Greece

Iran Iran: Ispahan

Iraq Iraq: Baghdad

Israel Israel: Jerusalem and Amman

Jordan Jordan: Jerusalem and Amman

Latvia Latvia: East Europe

Lebanon Lebanon: Cilicia, Beirut

Lithuania Lithuania: East Europe

Mexico Mexico: América Latina e México

Moldova Moldova: Lviv

Palestine Palestine: Jerusalem and Amman

Romania Romania: Romania

Russia Russia: East Europe

South Sudan South Sudan: Iskanderiya

Sudan Sudan: Iskanderiya

Syria Syria: Aleppo, Kameshli, Damascus

Turkiye Turkiye: Cilicia, Istanbul

Ukraine Ukraine: Lviv

Uruguay Uruguay: América Latina e México

USA USA: Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale

 

by Type | Titular Sees | Changes in Jurisdictions

Religious Orders (3):Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (Mechitarists)
Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna
Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar
Patriarch ([2021.09.23] 2021.09.23 – ...):Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (78)Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (78)

President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe (2020.06.27 – ...):Bishop Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B. (75)Bishop Elie Yéghia Yéghiayan, I.C.P.B. (75)

Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the Armenians (France)

Retired Patriarch Patriarch (1): Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (78)Minassian

Retired Archbishop Archbishops (5)

Retired Bishop Bishops (11)

Living Prelates | Appointments | Officials

Last updated on 2025.10.19

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