Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan


Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan

Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia
Native name
Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան
(Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan)
ChurchArmenian Catholic Church
ArchdioceseCilicia
SeePatriarchate of Cilicia
Elected24 July 2015
Installed9 August 2015
Term ended25 May 2021
PredecessorNerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
SuccessorRaphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
Other post(s)Armenian Catholic Bishop of France
Previous post(s)
  • Armenian Catholic Bishop of France (1977–2013)
Orders
Ordination28 March 1959
Consecration13 February 1977
by Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian
Personal details
Born
Գրիգոր Կապրոյեան
(Krikor Gabroyan)

(1934-11-14)14 November 1934
Died (aged 86)
Beirut, Lebanon
DenominationArmenian Catholic
ResidenceLebanon
EducationArmenian Pontifical College
Pontifical Gregorian University
Styles of
Krikor Bedros XX
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleCatholicos

Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.P.C.B. (Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս Ի. Կապրոյեան) also known in English as Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan (14 November 1934 – 25 May 2021) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church after his election on 24 July 2015 and the necessary concession of the ecclesiastical full communion by Pope Francis one day later. He was enthroned on 9 August 2015.