Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1895		Born
21 Dec 1919	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 May 1940	45.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
27 Oct 1940	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
29 Jun 1954	59.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 Oct 1972	77.5	Retired	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 Oct 1972	77.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni
4 Aug 1986	91.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

MicroData Summary
Nersès Tayroyan
Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan
(born 21 Mar 1895, died 4 Aug 1986)
Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mardin

a priest for 66.6 years
a bishop for 45.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Naslian †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus per gli Armeni
Archbishop Jacques Nessimian †
Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † (1935)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Apcar † (1954)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1978061

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 74

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