Raphaël Bayan
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Raphaël Bayan (28 February 1914 – 21 September 1999) was Armenian Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Iskandariya of the Armenians (Egypt).
Born in Zgharta
in 1914, he was ordained on 1 November 1937 as a priest. On 12 December 1958, aged 44, he was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Iskandariya of the Armenians and Titular Bishop of Taua. On 6 January 1959 he was ordained Titular Bishop of Taua.
On 2 July 1960 he succeeded as Bishop of Iskandariya of the Armenians, in which capacity he ordained, on 15 August 1965 in Cairo, as a priest the future Patriarch
, Nerses Bedros XIX
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Msgr. Bayan retired at the age of 75 on 9 March 1989, and became Bishop Emeritus. He died on 21 September 1999, aged 85. He had been a priest for more than sixty years and a bishop for 40 years.
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Raphaël Bayan (28 February 1914 – 21 September 1999) was Armenian Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Iskandariya of the Armenians (Egypt).
Born in Zgharta
Zgharta
Zgharta, or Zghorta is a large town in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 70,000.Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea level and lies between the rivers of Jouit and Rashein...
in 1914, he was ordained on 1 November 1937 as a priest. On 12 December 1958, aged 44, he was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Iskandariya of the Armenians and Titular Bishop of Taua. On 6 January 1959 he was ordained Titular Bishop of Taua.
On 2 July 1960 he succeeded as Bishop of Iskandariya of the Armenians, in which capacity he ordained, on 15 August 1965 in Cairo, as a priest the future Patriarch
Patriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
, Nerses Bedros XIX
Nerses Bedros XIX
Nerses Bedros XIX is the current patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church. He was the second son and the fifth of eight children born to Elias Taza and Josephine Azouz...
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Msgr. Bayan retired at the age of 75 on 9 March 1989, and became Bishop Emeritus. He died on 21 September 1999, aged 85. He had been a priest for more than sixty years and a bishop for 40 years.
External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbayan.html
- http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/iska0.htm
- http://www.answers.com/topic/nerses-bedros-xix