Emmanuel Dabbaghian
Emmanuel Dabbaghian, Mandatory Syria (now Syria) | |
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| Died | 13 September 2018 (aged 84) Beirut, Lebanon |
Archbishop Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. (Armenian: Էմանուել Դաբանագյան; 26 December 1933 – 13 September 2018) was a Syrian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch. He served as an archbishop of Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad from 26 January 2007 until his retirement on 9 October 2017.[1]
Life
Archbishop Dabbaghian was born in the Armenian family in diaspora, in
After his ordination to priesthood, he served in the different Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar institutions in Syria, Lebanon and Georgia and in the same time made a pastoral work for the Armenian Catholics. Also from 2003 until 2007 he served as a Synkellos of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe and responsible for the theological studies for the Armenian Catholics in Tbilisi.[2]
On January 26, 2007
Archbishop Dabbaghian retired from office, because of reaching the age limit. He died in Beirut on September 13, 2018 at age 84, and was buried in the Monastery of Our Lady of Bzommar, Bzoummar.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Archbishop Emmanuel Dabbaghian †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "ASSENSO DEL SANTO PADRE ALL'ELEZIONE DELL'ARCIVESCOVO DI BAGHDAD DEGLI ARMENI (IRAQ)". Official the Holy See Website (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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