Archbishop Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1905		Born	Trabzon
19 Oct 1930	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
3 Mar 1971	65.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
30 May 1971	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
3 Jul 1976	70.8	Appointed	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
30 May 1982	76.7	Retired	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
28 Nov 1998	93.2	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

a priest for 68.1 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Layek †
Bishop Garabed Amadouni †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. † (1971)
Archbishop Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † (1933)
Archbishop Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Archbishop Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Antoine-Pierre IX Cardinal Hassun † (1842)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.
Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian †
Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B.

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