Archbishop Paul Kiredjian †

Deceased

Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1895		Born
20 Apr 1919	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Mar 1936	40.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
2 Mar 1936	40.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cypsela
28 Mar 1936	40.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
28 Feb 1937	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
20 Apr 1965	69.5	Died	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

MicroData Summary
Paul Kiredjian
Archbishop Paul Kiredjian
(born 15 Oct 1895, died 20 Apr 1965)
Archbishop of Istanbul

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
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 Sis, Eparchy of Adana (Armenian)
Ordained Bishop Annonciation, Church, Beyrouth

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 28.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Naslian †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus per gli Armeni
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Kedigian †
Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia
Archbishop Grégoire Georges Camille Hindié †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean Naslian † (1911)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus per gli Armeni
Patriarch Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian † (1892)
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:
Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † (1937)
Archbishop Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. † (1938)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733786

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 12

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