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


Hovhannes Tcholakian
Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul
SeeIstanbul
Appointed1967
Installed1967
Term ended2015
PredecessorPaul Kiredjian
SuccessorBoghos Lévon Zékiyan
Orders
Ordination25 April 1943
Consecration5 March 1967
by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Personal details
Born(1919-04-12)12 April 1919
Istanbul, Turkey
Died16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 97)

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. ^ "Former spiritual leader of Catholic Armenians of Turkey passed away".
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