Catholicos Karekin of Armenia

Catholicos Karekin of Armenia

There are two Catholicoi Karekin of Armenia:

Catholicoi of all Armenians
* Karekin I (1932-1999), Catholicos from 1994 - 1999
* Karekin II (1951- ) Catholicos from 1999 -

Catholicoi of Cilicia
* Karekin I (Cilicia) (1943-1952)
* Karekin II (Cilicia) (1932-1999), Catholicos from 1983-1994), later Karekin I Catholicos of All Armenians


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