POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS ARCHPRIEST LEVON ZEKIYAN AS APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF ARMENIAN ARCHIEPARCHY OF ISTANBUL
May 23, 2014
Pope Francis has appointed Archpriest Levon Boghos Zekiyan,
emeritus lecturer at the Universita Ca’ Foscari, Venice, as apostolic
administrator “sede plena” of the archieparchy of Istanbul’s catholic
Armenians (Catholics 3,339, priests 6, religious 6), Turkey,
elevating him to the dignity of Archbishop. The bishop-elect was
born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1943, gave his solemn vows in 1964 and
was ordained a priest in 1967. He has assumed the pastoral care of
the Armenian diaspora and the fraternity of Sts. Nicola and Sergio
in the Patriarchate of Venice and has served as ordinary professor
of Armenian language at the Universita Ca’ Foscari, Venice, and as a
lecturer at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He has also served
as Academic of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and consultor for
the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Vatican Information Service
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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