Bishop Léonce Tchantayan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia

Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jan 1908		Born	Konia, Turkey
1 Nov 1937	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Aug 1967	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
29 Aug 1967	59.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
19 Nov 1967	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
16 Jan 1972	64.0	Resigned	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
16 Jan 1972	64.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
16 Jan 1972	64.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
13 Nov 1990	82.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran

a priest for 53.0 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mesrob Terzian †
Bishop Raphaël Bayan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Léonce Tchantayan † (1967)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.

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