Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Sep 1895		Born
23 Dec 1917	22.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Jul 1935	39.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
21 Jul 1935	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
30 Nov 1937	42.1	Elected	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
30 Nov 1937	42.1	Elected	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
13 Dec 1937	42.2	Confirmed	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
13 Dec 1937	42.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
18 Feb 1946	50.4	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 1946	50.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
2 Jul 1955	59.7	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law
18 Jun 1958	62.7	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
18 Jul 1960	64.8	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 Aug 1962	66.9	Resigned	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
25 Aug 1962	66.9	Resigned	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
19 Oct 1970	75.0	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
22 Oct 1970	75.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
16 May 1971	75.6	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

MicroData Summary for Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian
(VIAF: 27058725; WikiData: Q718577)
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian (born 18 Sep 1895, died 16 May 1971) Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Akhaltzikhe
Ordained Bishop San Nicola da Tolentino, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) San Nicola da Tolentino, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current) Saints Elias and Gregory the Illuminator, Cathedral, Beirut, Archdiocese of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian)

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 35.8 years
a cardinal for 25.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian †
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Archbishop Pietro Pisani †
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Paulinus Costa † (1962)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joseph Kureethara † (1958)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1958)
Archbishop Petero Mataca † (1959)
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando † (1959)
Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu (1959)
Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà † (1959)
Archbishop Daniel Edward Pilarczyk † (1959)
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams † (1959)
Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † (1960)
Bishop William John Brennan † (1960)
Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson † (1960)
Archbishop Adrian Leo Doyle (1961)
Bishop Kevin Michael Manning † (1961)
Bishop Joseph Kaithathara (1963)
Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya † (1963)
Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna † (1963)
Bishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo † (1963)
Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. † (1964)
Bishop Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane † (1964)
Archbishop George Francis Daniel (1964)
Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (1964)
Bishop Joseph Khoury † (1964)
Bishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf † (1964)
Bishop Barthélemy Adoukonou (1966)
George Cardinal Pell † (1966)
Bishop Stanley Roman (1966)
Bishop Shlemon Warduni (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. † (1940)
Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan † (1940)
Bishop John Baptist Apcar † (1954)
Bishop Joseph Gennangi † (1954)
Bishop Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. † (1959)
Bishop Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. † (1960)
Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † (1960)
Archbishop Seraphin Uluhogian, C.M.V. † (1960)
Bishop Garabed Amadouni † (1960)
Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel † (1961)
Bishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I. † (1961)
Giuseppe (Joseph) Cardinal Caprio † (1961)
Archbishop Jean Zoa † (1961)
Bishop Leonello Berti, O.M.I. † (1962)
Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa † (1962)
Bishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku † (1963)
Archbishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. † (1964)
Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo † (1965)
Bishop Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi † (1965)
Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian † (1967)
Bishop Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. † (1967)
Bishop Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Akhaltzikhe
Ordained Bishop	San Nicola da Tolentino, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	San Nicola da Tolentino, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current)	Saints Elias and Gregory the Illuminator, Cathedral, Beirut, Archdiocese of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 51
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 297, Ascendance
loc: CB, 9 Sep 2024

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