Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian Cleric

Krikor Bedros XV Aghajanian (Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ Աղաճանեան, French: Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian, Italian: Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian) (18 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was a Cardinal and leader of the Armenian Catholic Church. He served as Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia from 1937–62, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1958–70. Agagianian was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.

Personal facts

Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian
Birth dateSeptember 18, 1895
Birth place
Tiflis Governorate , Russian Empire , Akhaltsikhe
Date of deathMay 16, 1971
Place of death
Rome

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