Gregory Peter XV Agagianian

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Gregory Peter XV Agagianian was a prominent 20th-century Armenian Catholic cardinal and church leader who served as Patriarch of Cilicia and was considered a leading papal candidate during his time.

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Gregory Peter XV Agagianian canonical 1

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instanceOf 20th-century religious leader
Armenian Catholic cardinal
Catholic cardinal
church leader
patriarch
birthName Ghazaros Aghajanian
centuryOfActivity 20th century
church Armenian Catholic Church
considered papabile
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
era modern Catholic Church history
ethnicGroup Armenians
familyName Agagianian
givenName Gregory
Peter
hasJurisdictionOver Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
honorificPrefix Cardinal
His Beatitude
influenced Catholic missionary policy in the 20th century
languageOfWorkOrName Armenian
Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
notableFor being a leading papal candidate
leadership of the Armenian Catholic Church
participation in papal conclaves
notableRole leading representative of Eastern Catholics in Rome
participatedIn Papal conclave of 1958
Papal conclave of 1963
partOf hierarchy of the Catholic Church
positionHeld Cardinal-bishop of Albano
Cardinal-bishop of Ostia
Major Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church
Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians
Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
rank Cardinal-bishop
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Eastern Catholic
religiousOrder Armenian Catholic clergy
respectedAs prominent Armenian Catholic churchman
rite Armenian Rite
sphereOfActivity Catholic missions
ecclesiastical leadership
title Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church
Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians

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Francis Arinze ordainedBy Gregory Peter XV Agagianian