Andon Bedros IX Hassoun
Andon Bedros IX Hassoun | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio | |
| Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 16 December 1880 |
| Term ended | 28 February 1884 |
| Predecessor | Antonmaria Sauli |
| Successor | Guglielmo Massaia |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1842-46) Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (1842-46) Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (1846-66) Patriarch of Cilicia (1867-81) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 September 1832 |
| Consecration | 19 June 1842 by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
| Created cardinal | 13 December 1880 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anton Bedros Hassoun 15 June 1809 |
| Died | February 28, 1884 (aged 74) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Alma mater | Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide |
Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (15 June 1809 – 28 February 1884) was an Ottoman prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church, the Armenian rite Catholic Church, who was the Patriarch of Cilicia from 1866 to 1881; he was at the center of a schism that lasted from 1870 to 1879. He was previously archbishop of Constantinople of the Armenians for twenty years.
In 1880, he became the first cardinal of Armenian descent; he was the first prelate from the Eastern Catholic Churches raised to the College of Cardinals since Cardinal Bessarion in 1439.
Note: His name is variously rendered as Hasoun, or Hasounean, or Hassun; Antoine-Pierre IX Hassoun, Antonio Pietro IX Hassun, Anton Petros IX Hassounian, Anthony Peter Hossoun, or Antonium Hassun.