Abraham Petros I Ardzivian

Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (in Armenian Աբրահամ Պետրոս Ա. Արծիւեան ) (1679 in Aintab, Ottoman Empire – 1749 in Lebanon) was the founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch from 1740 to 1749.

Abraham Petros I Ardzivian

Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (in Armenian Աբրահամ Պետրոս Ա. Արծիւեան ) (1679 in Aintab, Ottoman Empire – 1749 in Lebanon) was the founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch from 1740 to 1749.