Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †

Deceased

Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York

Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1924		Born
17 Sep 1939	15.7	Entered	Member of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
24 Oct 1940	16.8	Professed	Member of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
8 Sep 1948	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
16 Jul 1982	58.5	Appointed	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
4 Jan 1984	60.0	Resigned	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
5 Jan 1995	71.0	Appointed	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
5 Jan 1995	71.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni
29 Apr 1995	71.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni
7 May 1995	71.3	Installed	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
30 Nov 2000	76.9	Retired	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
28 Jan 2002	78.0	Died	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York

MicroData Summary for Hovhannes Tertsakian
(WikiData: Q1631652)
Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian C.A.M. (born 3 Jan 1924, died 28 Jan 2002) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada

Event Place
Birth Place Aleppo, Syria
Ordained Priest San Lazzaro, Monastery, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Church, Glendale, CA, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
Death Place Belmont, MA, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
Buried Place (Original) San Lazaro, Monastery, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 6.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †
Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian)
Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian †
Titular Bishop of Ancyra degli Armeni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. † (1973)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Aleppo, Syria
Ordained Priest	San Lazzaro, Monastery, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Holy Family, Church, Glendale, CA, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
Death Place	Belmont, MA, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
Buried Place (Original)	San Lazaro, Monastery, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Number 12,509
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
i: CB, 12 Aug 2022
ente/abge/loc: CB, 4 Nov 2022
d.loc: CB, 5 Nov 2022

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