Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan |
| Bishop | Sede vacante |
| Coadjutor | Hovsep Bezazian, Apostolic Administrator |
The Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece or Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Greece (informally Greece of the Armenians ) is an
ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite of the Catholic Church for its faithful in Greece
.
It is
Congregation for the Oriental Churches and is not part of any ecclesiastical province
.
History
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The ordinariate was established on December 21, 1925, by
particular church
sui iuris had no proper Ordinary.
From 1950 to 2002, the ordinariate, shaped by its
diocesan priest
of the Ordinariate in the only municipality in the country.
Between January 7, 2003, and March 21, 2015, the
Apostolic Administrator
of the Ordinariate.
Territory and statistics
The Ordinariate extends its jurisdiction over the Armenian Catholics of the whole Greece. There are 200 Catholics belonging to this ordinariate.[citation needed]
Its cathedral is the Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator, in the episcopal see and Greek capital Athens. Another parish is present in Nikaia.[2][3]
Ordinaries
|
(all Armenian Rite)
- Ordinaries of Greece
- Father Giuseppe Khantzian (1949.06.18 – death 1973)
- Fr. Giovanni Koyounian (1973.06.21 – death 1991)
- Titular Archbishop of Adana of the Armenians(2005.04.02 – ...)
- Apostolic AdministratorNeshan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (see above 2000.09.27 – 2015.03.21)
- Apostolic AdministratorFr. Hovsep Bezazian (Bezouzou) (2015.03.21 – ...), no other office
Sources
- ISBN 88-209-7422-3.