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Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. (January 3, 1924 – January 28, 2002) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the second exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1995 to 2000.

Biography

Born in Aleppo, Syria, Tertsakian was ordained a priest for the Congregazione Mechitarista on September 8, 1948. Prior to becoming a bishop, he served as the Abbot General of the Order of the Mechitarists, and as the rector of St. Ann's Cathedral in New York City. Pope John Paul II named Batakian as the Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni and the Apostolic Exarch of the United States of America and Canada on January 5, 1995. He was ordained a bishop by Patriarch Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian of the Armenian Catholic Church on April 29, 1995. The principal co-consecrators were Eparchs Grégoire Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris and Mikail Nersès Sétian, the Exarch Emeritus of the US and Canada. He was installed in St. Ann's Cathedral on May 7, 1995. Tertsakian served as exarch until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul on November 30, 2000. He died at the age of 78 on January 28, 2002.

References

1. ^ "The Eparchy of United States and Canada". Armenian Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
2. "Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M." Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
3. "Armenian Diocese of Our Lady of Nareg in New York". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-24.

• 1924 births
• 2002 deaths
• Religious leaders from Aleppo
• Syrian people of Armenian descent
• 20th-century bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church
• 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops
• 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
• American Eastern Catholic bishops
• 20th-century American clergy
• 21st-century American Roman Catholic bishops
• Syrian emigrants to the United States