Patriarch Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.M.V. †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1905		Born
19 Oct 1930	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
1965¹	59.2	Appointed	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
3 Mar 1971	65.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
30 May 1971	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
3 Jul 1976	70.7	Elected	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
3 Jul 1976	70.7	Elected	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
5 Jul 1976	70.7	Confirmed	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
5 Jul 1976	70.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
30 May 1982	76.6	Retired	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
30 May 1982	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
28 Nov 1998	93.1	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian
(VIAF: 170854009; WikiData: Q538224)
Patriarch Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian C.M.V. (born 2 Oct 1905, died 28 Nov 1998) Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Trabzon
Ordained Bishop St. Nicolas de Teletino, College Pontifical Armenian, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 68.1 years
a bishop for 27.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Layek †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian)
Bishop Garabed Amadouni †
Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Pablo León Hakimian (1980)
Principal Consecrator of:
Patriarch Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. † (1977)
Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian † (1981)
Bishop Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B. (1981)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Trabzon
Ordained Bishop	St. Nicolas de Teletino, College Pontifical Armenian, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 724

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