Archbishop Boghos Lévon Zékiyan

Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1943		Born
1964²	20.1	Professed	Member of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
21 May 1967	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
1993²	49.1	Incardinated	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
21 May 2014	70.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
21 May 2014	70.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amida degli Armeni
13 Sep 2014	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Amida degli Armeni
21 Mar 2015	71.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
21 Mar 2015	71.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
(VIAF: 92512461; WikiData: Q16937972)
Archbishop Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (born 21 Oct 1943) Archbishop of Istanbul

Ad Limina - February 2024 (Turkey): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Istanbul, Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian)
Ordained Bishop Surp Pirgiç, Ancient, Cathedral, Istanbul, Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Garabed Amadouni †
Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Boutros Marayati
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian)
Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa
Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † (1990)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. † (1973)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. (2015)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Istanbul, Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian)
Ordained Bishop	Surp Pirgiç, Ancient, Cathedral, Istanbul, Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 May 2014
ob/c2: CB, 7 Jun 2014
ob/c3: CB, 30 Jun 2014
c4: CB, 13 Sep 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Number 18,284
r/ab: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2015

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