Mikaël Antoine Mouradian Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Grace, The Most Reverend
Mikaël Antoine Mouradian
Honorific-Suffix:I.C.P.B.
Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York
Church:Armenian Catholic Church
Diocese:Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada
Appointed:May 21, 2011
Enthroned:July 31, 2011
Predecessor:Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.
Ordination:October 24, 1987
Ordained By:Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.C.P.B.
Consecration:July 31, 2011
Consecrated By:Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Boutros Marayati, Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, Nechan Karakéhéyan and Manuel Batakian
Birth Date:5 July 1961
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Mikaël Antoine Mouradian
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Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. (born July 5, 1961) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the second eparch (bishop) of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada since 2011.

Biography

Mikaël Mouradian was born in Beirut, Lebanon and ordained a priest for the Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar on October 24, 1987 by Bishop Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. Pope Benedict XVI named Mouradian as the eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York on May 21, 2011. He was ordained a bishop by Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of the Armenian Catholic Church on July 31, 2011. The principal co-consecrators were Archeparch Boutros Marayati of Alep, Eparch Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, Archeparch Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. of Eastern Europe and Eparch Emeritus of New York Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-02-24.
  2. Web site: Armenian Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in New York. Giga Catholic. 2014-02-24.