Sahak II Mashalian
Archbishop Sahag II Mashalian (Western Armenian: Սահակ Բ․ Մաշալեան, Turkish: II. Sahag Maşalyan), also known as Sahak Mashalyan in Eastern Armenian transliteration became the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople in 2019.[1]
His Beatitude Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian | |
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| Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Native name | Սահակ Բ. Մաշալեան II. Sahag Maşalyan |
| Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| See | Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Appointed | 11 December 2019 |
| Predecessor | Mesrob II Mutafyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1962 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic |
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the four Sees of Armenian Apostolic Church (the other three being Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Holy See of Cilicia and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) and has an autocephalous status, accepting, on the other hand, spiritual supremacy of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians in Holy Echmiadzin.
Patriarch Sahak II was born as Shahan Mashalian in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 March 1962.
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| Preceded by Mesrob II Mutafyan |
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople 2019–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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