Nerses V

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.
Church Armenian Apostolic Church
See Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Installed 1843
Term ended 1857
Predecessor John VIII
Successor Matthew I
Personal details
Birth name Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan (Թորոս Հարությունի Շահազիզյան)
Born 1770
Ashtarak
Died February 13, 1857 (age 86)
Ejmiatsin, Armenia
Buried Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
Nationality Armenian

Nerses V (Armenian: Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի) (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.

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Preceded by
John VIII of Armenia
Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians
18431857
Succeeded by
Matthew I of Armenia

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