Hovhannes Tcholakian Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, Archbishop
Hovhannes Tcholakian
Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul
See:Istanbul
Elected:1966
Appointed:1967
Term Start:1967
Term End:2015
Predecessor:Paul Kiredjian
Successor:Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Ordination:25 April 1943
Consecration:5 March 1967
Consecrated By:Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Birth Date:12 April 1919
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey

Hovhannes Tcholakian (12 April 1919 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish-Armenian Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church.

Tcholakian was born in Istanbul and ordained a priest in Istanbul on 25 April 1943. He was elected archbishop on 23 May 1966 and consecrated on 16 January 1967. Between 1967 and 2015 he served as Archbishop of Istanbul. In March 2015 the Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni accepted the resignation of Archbishop Tcholakian on grounds of age. He died in September 2016 at the age of 97.[1]

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  1. Web site: Former spiritual leader of Catholic Armenians of Turkey passed away.