Vartan Kechichian,
C.A.M. | |
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Coadjutor Ordinary of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe | |
Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
Appointed | 17 February 2001 |
Term ended | 2 April 2005 |
Other post(s) | Abbot Primate of
Mekhitarists (1997–2000), Titular Archbishop of Mardin for Armenians (2001–2017) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 September 1959 ( Priest) |
Consecration | 13 May 2001 (
Bishop) by Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni |
Personal details | |
Born | Vartan Kechichian 13 September 1933 |
Died | 22 November 2017 Lido di Venezia, Italy | (aged 84)
Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. ( Armenian: Վարդան Քեչիչյան; 13 September 1933 – 22 November 2017) was a Syrian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch. He served as a Titular Archbishop of Mardin for Armenians and Coadjutor Ordinary of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe from 17 February 2001 until his retirement on 2 April 2005. [1]
Archbishop Kechichian was born in the Armenian family in diaspora, in Syria. After the school graduation, he subsequently joined the Order of the Mechitarists in Venice, where he made a solemn profession on 15 August 1956. He was ordained as priest on 8 September 1959, [1] after studies in the Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy (1953–1959) with a licentiate in philosophy and theology. [2]
After his ordination to priesthood, he served in the different Mechitarists institutions in Italy, Lebanon, France, Argentina and Syria and in the same time made a pastoral work for the Armenian Catholics. Also from 1997 until 2000 he served as an Abbot Primate of Mekhitarists. [2]
On 17 February 2001 Vardapet Kechichian was nominated by Pope John Paul II and on 13 May 2001 consecrated to the Episcopate as a Coadjutor Ordinary. The principal consecrator was Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the Head of the Armenian Catholic Church. [1]
Archbishop Kechichian retired from office, before reaching the age limit. He died on 22 November 2017 at age 84. [2]
Vartan Kechichian,
C.A.M. | |
---|---|
Coadjutor Ordinary of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe | |
Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
Appointed | 17 February 2001 |
Term ended | 2 April 2005 |
Other post(s) | Abbot Primate of
Mekhitarists (1997–2000), Titular Archbishop of Mardin for Armenians (2001–2017) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 September 1959 ( Priest) |
Consecration | 13 May 2001 (
Bishop) by Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni |
Personal details | |
Born | Vartan Kechichian 13 September 1933 |
Died | 22 November 2017 Lido di Venezia, Italy | (aged 84)
Archbishop Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. ( Armenian: Վարդան Քեչիչյան; 13 September 1933 – 22 November 2017) was a Syrian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch. He served as a Titular Archbishop of Mardin for Armenians and Coadjutor Ordinary of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe from 17 February 2001 until his retirement on 2 April 2005. [1]
Archbishop Kechichian was born in the Armenian family in diaspora, in Syria. After the school graduation, he subsequently joined the Order of the Mechitarists in Venice, where he made a solemn profession on 15 August 1956. He was ordained as priest on 8 September 1959, [1] after studies in the Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy (1953–1959) with a licentiate in philosophy and theology. [2]
After his ordination to priesthood, he served in the different Mechitarists institutions in Italy, Lebanon, France, Argentina and Syria and in the same time made a pastoral work for the Armenian Catholics. Also from 1997 until 2000 he served as an Abbot Primate of Mekhitarists. [2]
On 17 February 2001 Vardapet Kechichian was nominated by Pope John Paul II and on 13 May 2001 consecrated to the Episcopate as a Coadjutor Ordinary. The principal consecrator was Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the Head of the Armenian Catholic Church. [1]
Archbishop Kechichian retired from office, before reaching the age limit. He died on 22 November 2017 at age 84. [2]