Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian)

Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1895		Born	Mardin
21 Dec 1919	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 May 1940	45.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq
27 Oct 1940	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq
29 Jun 1954	59.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 Oct 1972	77.5	Retired	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 Oct 1972	77.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni
4 Aug 1986	91.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

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

a priest for 66.6 years
a bishop for 45.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Naslian †
Archbishop Jacques Nessimian †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan † (1940)
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Archbishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Antoine-Pierre IX Cardinal Hassun † (1842)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Apcar †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1940, Number 74

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