Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...

Torkom Koushagian (in

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Թորգոմ Գուշակեան) (27 December 1874 – 10 February 1939) was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the

Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James (, , ), is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The Armenian Apostolic Church is officially recognised under Israel's confessional syste ...

from 1931 to 1939. He was born Mgrdich Koushagian in Bardizag,

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, in 1874. After studies at Armash seminary he was ordained priest on 25 September 1896. He was consecrated bishop on 19 September 1910. From 1914 he was the Armenian Archbishop of

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. He took over the position in Jerusalem after Patriarch

Yeghishe Tourian Yeghishe Tourian (; 23 February 1860 – 27 April 1930) was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1929. He took over the position after the patriarchate position remained vacant for 11 years (1910–1921). Biography Born in Üsküdar ...

. He was succeeded in 1939 by Patriarch Mesrob Nishanian.

References

*Arshag Alboyadjian:։ ''Torkom Patriarch Koushagian''։ Published by "Medavoragan Sbasarfutyants Kerasenyag, Cairo, Egypt, 1940.

External links

Torkom Koushagian's biography
Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1874 births 1939 deaths Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 19th-century Oriental Orthodox clergy {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub