Ованес Бедрос XVIII Каспарян
| Ованнес Петрос XVIII Каспарян | |
| Ohannès Petros XVIII Kasparian | |
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| На английском: | Ohannès Petros XVIII Kasparian |
| На французском: | Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian |
| Краткая информация: Архиепископ | |
Биография
Ohannès Petros XVIII Kasparian (1982-) The Armenian Catholic Patriarch
Born on January 20 1927. He attended his first studies in Cairo in 1943. He integrated the seminary of Bzoummar in Lebanon where he finished his secondary studies in 1946. He was sent to the Papal College of Rome where he studied Theology and Philosophy at the Gregorian University. Ordained priest on April 13, 1952. He obtained his doctorate in Cannon Law at the University of Latran. 1957-1972 He was elected Vice-Director at the Seminary of Bzoummar, thereafter, he was sent to his native land, Egypt, where he created numerous activities especially for the youth. December 9, 1972 he was elected Archbishop of Baghdad and was later appointed Bishop of Beirut on February 25, 1973. August 25, 1982, the Synod of Catholic Armenian Bishops, convened in Rome, designated him Catholicos-patriarch of Catholic Armenians. His enthronement was achieved September 12th on the feast of the Holy Cross. His Beatitude speaks several languages including Armenian, Arabic, Turkish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin and English. His eleven years in power confronted him to new administrative, pastoral and organizational data, motivated by the great socio-regional geopolitic changes that began by the awakening of the Arab nationalism, by the war of Lebanon, that urged the Armenian masses, as many other Lebanese, to emigrate toward America, Canada, Australia thereby creating a larger Diaspora. These new data shook the organic balance of the Armenian Catholicism, whose neuralgic center remains Lebanon and its natural perimeter the Middle East. The independence of Armenia from the Communist yoke, its return to the religious liberties, the urgence of the reactivation in Armenia of the ancient parishes Armenian Catholics, submissive to 70 years of atheistic propaganda, put serious problems of evangelism, aggravated by the ministerial vocation crisis.
This recall of urgencies, claiming immediate solutions, testifies, if need be, of the actuality of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate after its 250 years of existence.
2- S. B. HOVHANNES BEDROS XVIII KASPARIAN (Bz) Nom: KASPARIAN, Hovhannes. Membre de la Congregation pour les Eglises Orientales. 20-01-1927: ne au Caire (Egypte). 13.04-1952: ordination sacerdotale. 06.12-1972: election au Siege Archiepiscopal de Bagdad des Armeniens. 25-02-1973: ordination episcopale. 05-08-1982: elu Patriarche Armenien de Cilicie. 08-08-1982: le Saint Pere lui octroie la "ecclesiastica communio". 12-09-1982: Intronisation. 03-09-1999: Emerite. 06-12-1999: Nomme membre du Conseil Pontifical pour l'Unite des Chretiens et du Conseil Pontifical pour le Dialogue Interreligieux
HOVHANNES BEDROS XVIII Kasparian (Bz) (1982)
PATRIARCHES
Сочинения
Archbishop Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian) EventsDate Age Event Title 20 Jan 1927 80.06 Born Le Caire 13 Apr 1952 25.2 Ordained Priest Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar 6 Dec 1972 45.9 Appointed Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq 25 Feb 1973 46.1 Ordained Bishop Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq 5 Aug 1982 55.5 Appointed Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon 7 Aug 1982 55.5 Confirmed Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon 28 Nov 1998 71.9 Retired Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
