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Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, Bzoummar, Lebanon (2)
Headquarters of the Church, in Bzoummar.

The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church sui juris within the Catholic Church. Its headquarters are in Bzoummar, Lebanon. The union was established in the Council of Florence, in 1439. During the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918, its followers were scattered, mainly to Syria and Lebanon. Many Armenians also fled to Georgia and Ukraine. In 1991, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Pope John Paul II merged the churches in Georgia and Ukraine with those in Armenia. He created a new eparchy of Armenia and Eastern Europe. There is a seminary in Gyumri, the largest city in Armenia. At the same time Catholic Armenians in Georgia de facto entered this newly formed diocese.The city of Gymuri was chosen because most Catholic Armenians live in the north of the country.

Many Armenians emigrated to the United States and Canada, mainly in the 1970s. For this reason, Pope Benedict XVI created a diocese for these people. It is responsible for about 35.000 people in the US, and about 10.000 in Canada.

The church uses the Armenian Rite and the Armenian language for its services.

The current Patriarch of the church is Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni.

Images for kids

  • Gliwice St. Trinitatis

    Armenian Rite Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Gliwice, Poland, built in 1836–38.

  • Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Church in Glendale , California (2001) crop

    Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Cathedral in Glendale, California

  • Al Quds Patriarch

    Bishops meeting in Jerusalem, circa 1880. The archbishop in the centre wears a Roman pallium.

  • Surp Khach Gyumri, Armenia, June 2015

    Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs in Gyumri, Armenia

  • Holy Trinity, Aleppo, Syria

    Armenian Catholic church of the Holy Trinity in Aleppo, Syria

  • ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction

    A map of Armenian Catholic jurisdictions

  • Armenian church Stanislawow

    Interior of the Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv, Ukraine (1763)

  • St Elie - St Gregory Armenian Catholic Cathedral

    St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church, Debbas Square, downtown Beirut, Lebanon (1909)

  • St Gregory Armenian Catholic Church in Glendale, California

    St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Glendale, California (2001)

  • Armenian Catholic Church, Montevideo

    Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar, Montevideo, Uruguay

  • Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem

    Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem (1996)

  • Armenian Catholic Church in Buenos Aires

    Interior view of Armenian Catholic Church (Buenos Aires)

  • Armenian Catholic Church in Sao Paulo

    Armenian Catholic Church in São Paulo

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