Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian
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His Eminence Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian |
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| Patriarch emeritus of Cilicia; Cardinal | |
Agagianian in 1965
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| See | Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia |
| Appointed | 13 December 1937 |
| Term ended | 25 August 1962 |
| Predecessor | Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian |
| Successor | Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano |
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| Ordination | 23 December 1917 |
| Consecration | 21 July 1935 by Bartolomeo Cattaneo |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1946-1970) Cardinal-Bishop (1970-1971) |
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| Birth name | Ghazaros Aghajanian (baptismal name) |
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18 September 1895 Akhaltsikhe, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia) |
| Died | 16 May 1971 (aged 75) Rome |
| Nationality | Armenian (Lebanese and Vatican citizenship, Russian Empire subject by birth) |
| Denomination | Armenian Catholic |
| Residence | Rome, Beirut |
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| Motto | Iustitia et Pax |
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Styles of Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Cilicia |
Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (anglicized: Gregory Peter; French: Grégoire-Pierre; Western Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, Krikor Bedros XV Aghajanian; 18 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian Catholic Cardinal. He was the head of the Armenian Catholic Church (as Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia) from 1937 to 1962.
Agagianian was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Aghajanian was Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1958 to 1970. A scholar, linguist and an authority on the Soviet Union, Agagianian was twice considered papabile, during the conclaves of 1958 and 1963.
Ghazaros Aghajanian (classical Armenian: Ղազարոս Աղաճանեան) was born in Akhaltsikhe, in present-day Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. Around 60% of city's 15,000 inhabitants were Armenians at the time. His family was part of the Catholic minority of Javakhk Armenians. His ancestors came from Erzurum in the aftermath of a Russo-Turkish War. Fleeing Ottoman persecution, they sought refuge in the Russian Caucasus. He lost his father at an early age.
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