André Bedoglouyan, was a Lebanese-Armenian prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 of the Roman Catholic Church

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Bedoglouyan was born in Zahlé, Lebanon

Zahlé

Zahlé is the capital and largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 50,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon, after Beirut, Tripoli and Jounieh...

 and was ordained a priest on December 25, 1945 from the religious order Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar

Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar

The Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar is a Catholic religious order and an Institute of Consecrated Life and was founded in 1749. Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, who was a member of the religious order, was Patriarch of Cilicia from 1982-1998....

. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia on July 24, 1971 as well as titular bishop of Comana Armeniae, and was ordained a bishop on September 19, 1971. Bedoglouyan retired as auxiliary bishop on November 5, 1994. Bedoglouyan died on April 13, 2010

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