Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia

Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia

The Patriarchate of Cilicia is the only patriarchate within the Armenian Catholic Church. The cathedral church, Soorp Kreekor yev Soorp Eghia, is situated in Beirut, Lebanon. The current Patriarch of Cilicia, thereby being the primate of the Armenian Catholic Church, is Patriarch Nersès Bédros XIX.

ee also

*List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia


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