There was also a Caucasian Albanian anti-Catholicos Nerses V, who ruled in 1706–1736.

His Holiness

Nerses V

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Nerses V Ashtaraketsi, by H. Hovnatanian.
ChurchArmenian Apostolic Church
SeeMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Installed1843
Term ended1857
PredecessorJohn VIII
SuccessorMatthew I
Personal details
Born
Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan (Թորոս Հարությունի Շահազիզյան)

1770
DiedFebruary 13, 1857 (age 86)
Ejmiatsin, Armenia
BuriedMother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
NationalityArmenian

Nerses V (Armenian: Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի, Armenian pronunciation: [nɛɾsɛs aʃtaɾakɛtsʰi]) (1770 – February 13, 1857), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1843 and 1857. Previously, he served as the leader of Diocese of Georgia from 1811 to 1830, the leader of the Diocese of Bessarabia and Nor Nakhichevan from 1830 to 1843.

Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

See also

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.