Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1940		Born
22 Dec 1966	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
3 Jul 1981	41.3	Appointed	Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)
3 Jul 1981	41.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mardin degli Armeni
12 Dec 1981	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mardin degli Armeni
18 Feb 1989	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
4 Jul 2018	78.3	Retired	Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)
4 Jul 2018	78.3	Retired	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
31 Mar 2025	85.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
31 Mar 2025	85.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)
2 Mar 2026	86.0	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
2 Mar 2026	86.0	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)

MicroData Summary
Vartán Waldir Boghossian
Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian S.D.B.
(born 27 Feb 1940)
Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires

Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Penápolis, Diocese of Cafelândia, Brazil
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora de Narek, Church, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †
Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian †
Titular Bishop of Ancyra degli Armeni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. † (1971)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † (1933)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pablo León Hakimian † (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Penápolis, Diocese of Cafelândia, Brazil
Ordained Bishop	Nuestra Señora de Narek, Church, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1231412

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
r: Bollettino, 4 Jul 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,778
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 84, Number 6,978
ab: Bollettino, 31 Mar 2025
r: Bollettino, 2 Mar 2026

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