Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires

The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires in an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) for Argentina.

It depends immediately on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, without being part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Armenia de Nuestra Señora de Narek, in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, dedicated to Our Lady of Nareg.

History

Established on 18 february 1989 as Eparchy (Diocese) of San Gregorio de Narek en (i.e. 'in') Buenos Aires, on territory split off from the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, from where the Apostolic Exarch was promoted as first Eparch in Bueneos Aires.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Eparchs (Bishops) of (San Gregorio de Narek in) Buenos Aires

Vartán Waldir Boghossian, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1989.02.18 – ...), but temporarily Procurator at Rome of the Armenian Catholics (2001 – 2002); previously Titular Bishop of Mardin of the Armenians (1981.07.03 – 1989.02.18) & Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil) (1981.07.03 – ...),

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Armenian Catholic Church hierarchy

Patriarchate	Cilicia (Beirut, Lebanon)

Metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)	Beirut (Lebanon, Patriarch's proper)

Non-metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)	Aleppo (Syria) Baghdad (Iraq) Constantinople (Istanbul) (Turkey) Lviv (Ukraine)

Eparchies (dioceses)	Alexandria (Cairo, Egypt) Isfahan (Iran) Kameshli (Syria) Our Lady of Nareg in U.S. Sainte-Croix-de-Paris San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Apostolic exarchates	Latin America and Mexico

Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	East Europe Greece Romania

Patriarchal exarchates	Damascus (Syria) Jerusalem and Amman (Holy Land, Jordan)

Titular sees	Metropolitan Archeparchies : Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope / Non-metropolitan Archeparchies : Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, Nisibis of the Armenians, Sebaste, Tarsus / Eparchies : Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus

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