Pope recalls collaboration with Armenian Catholic patriarch

June 26, 2015

Pope Francis has sent a telegram of condolence following the death of Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church.

Recalling his “close collaboration” with the patriarch, including the recent proclamation of an Armenian saint as a doctor of the Church, Pope Francis said, “I entrust to the merciful Father the soul of this devoted pastor who, as a priest dedicated himself tirelessly to the service of the communities for whom he was responsible, and later, as bishop, carried out his ministry with faith and zeal, first in Alexandria and then as patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians.”

 

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Further information:

• Il Papa per la morte del patriarca di Cilicia degli armeni (L’Osservatore Romano, p. 1)
• Telegram for the death of Armenian Patriarch (Vatican Radio)
• Armenian Catholic patriarch dead at 75 (CWN, 6/25)