Bishop John Baptist Apcar †

Deceased

Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jan 1884		Born
3 Nov 1907	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Aug 1954	70.6	Selected	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
24 Sep 1954	70.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
21 Nov 1954	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
9 Jul 1967	83.5	Died	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Apcar
Bishop John Baptist Apcar
(born 4 Jan 1884, died 9 Jul 1967)
Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Giulfa, Eparchy of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian)
Ordained Bishop Teheran

a priest for 59.6 years
a bishop for 12.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian)
Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan †
Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1327027

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 83

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