Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Catholic Armenians in the United States and Canada
Monday, April 08 2024April 8, 2024, Ottawa – The Holy Father has appointed the Revered Fr. Parsegh Baghdassarian, currently rector of Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Los Angeles, United States of America, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Catholic Armenians in the United States and Canada , attributing to him the titular see of Comana Armeniae.
Fr. Parsegh Baghdassarian was born on 21 February 1975 in Beirut, Lebanon, and entered the Saint Michael the Archangel Seminary in Bzommar on 8 August 1988.
He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology from 1993 to 1996. He then completed his theological formation in Rome, at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and graduated in Eastern canon law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute (1996-2001). Finally, he obtained a diploma in formation of educators from the Salesian Pontifical University (2011-2012).
Fr. Parsegh Baghdassarian was ordained a priest on 2 September 2000 in Beirut. He is a member of the Institute of the Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar.
From 2001 to 2002 he was vice-rector of the San Vartan Seminary in Aleppo, Syria. From 2002 to 2007 he served in a parish and became treasurer of Caritas in Damascus, Syria. From 2007-2017 he held the role of bursar general of the Institute of Bzommar, and from 2011 to 2017 he was rector of the major and minor seminaries.
In 2012 he was appointed a judge of the Armenian ecclesiastical tribunal and of the Maronite tribunal. He is a representative of the Armenian Catholic Church for Caritas in Lebanon. Since 2017, he has served as rector at Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Los Angeles.
The Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Catholic Armenians in the United States and Canada is comprised of the entire United States and Canada and has 51,000 Catholic faithful.
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