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MIKAEL MOURADIAN NAMED NEW BISHOP OF THE ARMENIAN CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF US AND CANADA
Mikael Mouradian
asbarez
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and
Canada is happy to announce that the Most Reverend Mikael Mouradian
has been appointed as the new bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy
of the United States and Canada. He succeeds at that function to
the Most Reverend Manuel Batakian who had presented his resignation,
having reached the canonical age prescribed by the Cod of Canons of
the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The new eparch was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 5th, 1961. He
was been admitted first to the seminary of the Patriarchal Clergy of
Bzommar in 1973 and to the Pontifical Armenian College of Rome in
1981, attending the "Angelicum" Pontifical University of Dominican
Fathers and being graduated there by the theological and philosophical
licenses. He has been specialized in the youth pastoral at "Institut
Catholique" of Lyon, France in 1986.
Fr. Mouradian has been ordained a priest on October 24, 1987, in Paris,
by His Excellency Bishop Krikor Ghabroayn, as a member of the Institute
of the Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar.
After his ordination, Fr. Mikael fulfilled the following missions:
assistant rector of the seminary of Bzommar (1987-1988), assistant
rector of the seminary of Aleppo ( (1988-1989), pastor of the
Armenian Catholic church of Our Lady of the Universe in Damascus,
assistant pastor of the Holy Cross parish in Zalka, Lebanon (1991),
pastor of various Catholic communities in the Northern provinces
of Armenia (1992-2001), secretary general and executive director of
Caritas-Armenia (1995-2001). He has been granted by the Ministry of
Culture and Science of Armenia the title of honorary professor in
the pedagogical faculty of Armenia in 2000.
Returning to Lebanon, Fr. Mouradian had been appointed pastor of
Our Lady of Annunciation parish in Beirut, Lebanon (2001-2005, then
spiritual director of the seminary of Bzommar and chaplain of the
Armenian Catholic youth organization. He collaborated at the same
time to the redaction of the Patriarchate's official review.
Fr. Mouradian has been nominated Rector of the Pontifical Armenian
College of Rome in 2005, as well as Armenian Catholic Patriarchate's
Procurator to the Holy See, in Vatican.
On September 5, 2007, the General Assembly of the Institute of the
Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar elected him as the Patriarchal Vicar
of the same Institute and Superior of the Monastery of Our Lady of
Bzomamr, a charge that he has kept until his nomination as bishop of
the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of United Statees and Canada, on May
20 of this year.
Mikael Mouradian
asbarez
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and
Canada is happy to announce that the Most Reverend Mikael Mouradian
has been appointed as the new bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy
of the United States and Canada. He succeeds at that function to
the Most Reverend Manuel Batakian who had presented his resignation,
having reached the canonical age prescribed by the Cod of Canons of
the Eastern Catholic Churches.
The new eparch was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 5th, 1961. He
was been admitted first to the seminary of the Patriarchal Clergy of
Bzommar in 1973 and to the Pontifical Armenian College of Rome in
1981, attending the "Angelicum" Pontifical University of Dominican
Fathers and being graduated there by the theological and philosophical
licenses. He has been specialized in the youth pastoral at "Institut
Catholique" of Lyon, France in 1986.
Fr. Mouradian has been ordained a priest on October 24, 1987, in Paris,
by His Excellency Bishop Krikor Ghabroayn, as a member of the Institute
of the Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar.
After his ordination, Fr. Mikael fulfilled the following missions:
assistant rector of the seminary of Bzommar (1987-1988), assistant
rector of the seminary of Aleppo ( (1988-1989), pastor of the
Armenian Catholic church of Our Lady of the Universe in Damascus,
assistant pastor of the Holy Cross parish in Zalka, Lebanon (1991),
pastor of various Catholic communities in the Northern provinces
of Armenia (1992-2001), secretary general and executive director of
Caritas-Armenia (1995-2001). He has been granted by the Ministry of
Culture and Science of Armenia the title of honorary professor in
the pedagogical faculty of Armenia in 2000.
Returning to Lebanon, Fr. Mouradian had been appointed pastor of
Our Lady of Annunciation parish in Beirut, Lebanon (2001-2005, then
spiritual director of the seminary of Bzommar and chaplain of the
Armenian Catholic youth organization. He collaborated at the same
time to the redaction of the Patriarchate's official review.
Fr. Mouradian has been nominated Rector of the Pontifical Armenian
College of Rome in 2005, as well as Armenian Catholic Patriarchate's
Procurator to the Holy See, in Vatican.
On September 5, 2007, the General Assembly of the Institute of the
Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar elected him as the Patriarchal Vicar
of the same Institute and Superior of the Monastery of Our Lady of
Bzomamr, a charge that he has kept until his nomination as bishop of
the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of United Statees and Canada, on May
20 of this year.