Garegin II Գարեգին Բ | |
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Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians | |
Native name | Գարեգին Բ |
Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
See | Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |
Appointed | October 27, 1999 |
Predecessor | Karekin I |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1972 |
Consecration | 23 October 1983 |
Rank | Cathlicos-Patriarch |
Personal details | |
Born | Ktrij Nersessian 21 August 1951 |
Nationality | Armenian |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic |
Education | University of Vienna |
Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years.