Nechan Karakéhéyan

His Excellency Nechan Karakéhéyan I.C.P.B.
Ordinary of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe
Native name	Նշան Արքեպս. Գարաքեհեյան
Church	Armenian Catholic Church
Diocese	Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe
Appointed	2 April 2005
Term ended	6 January 2010
Predecessor	Nerses Der Nersessian
Successor	Raphaël Minassian
Other post(s)	Armenian Catholic Bishop of Isfahan (2001-2005) Armenian Catholic Ordinary of Greece (1991-2000)
Previous post(s)	Armenian Catholic Bishop of Isfahan (2001–2005)
Orders
Ordination	2 July 1960
Consecration	28 January 2001 by Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
Personal details
Born	Եղիա Գարաքեհեյան (Yeghia Karakéhéyan) 17 April 1932 Piraeus, Greece
Died	15 February 2021 Yerevan, Armenia
Nationality	Armenian
Denomination	Armenian Catholic
Residence	Armenia
Education	Armenian Pontifical College Pontifical Gregorian University

Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (17 April 1932 – 15 February 2021) was an Armenian Catholic archbishop, ordinary of Eastern Europe for Armenian Catholics (2005-2010), Armenian Catholic bishop of Isfahan (2001-2003) and Armenian Catholic ordinary of Greece for Armenian Catholics (1991-2000), titular archbishop of Adana degli Armeni.

Life

Nechan Karakéhéyan joined the Congregation of the Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar Institute and received on 2 July 1960 his ordination to the priesthood. Pope John Paul II appointed him in 1991 Ordinary to the Armenian Catholics in Greece. On 27 September 2000 he was appointed Bishop of Isfahan.

The Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX, ordained him on 28 January next year to episcopate, being his co-consecrators Gregory Ghabroyan, Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris and Manuel Batakian, bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada.

On 7 January 2003 Karakéhéyan was appointed Apostolic Administrator to Greece. On 2 April 2005 he was appointed Ordinary to Eastern Europe and Titular Archbishop of Adana degli Armeni. On 6 January 2010 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related withdrawal.

As a bishop-emeritus he lived at the Armenian Catholic mission in Yerevan, where he died on 15 February 2021.

External links

• Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan [Catholic-Hierarchy]
• Apostolic Administrator