Guregh Israelian of Jerusalem
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 1944 to 1949, succeeding Patriarch Mesrob Nishanian who had served from 1939 to 1944.[1]
He was born Dikran Israelian in
King George VI
had given the necessary assent.
He died in Beirut shortly after an operation.
Upon his death in 1949, the position of Patriarch of Jerusalem remained vacant for more than a decade, i.e. from 1949 to 1957 and from 1958 to 1960, with a very brief period when
consecrated
.
Only in 1960 was a new Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem officially elected, namely Patriarch
Yeghishe Derderian
. Earlier since 1949, Derderian was serving as deputy patriarch.
References
- ISSN 0377-919X.
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