Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni

His Beatitude

  • Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
  • Ներսէս Պետրոս ԺԹ. Թարմունի
Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia
Patriarch Nerses, at Armenian Cultural Center
SeeArmenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
Appointed13 October 1999
Term ended25 June 2015
PredecessorHovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian
SuccessorKrikor Bedros XX Gabroyan
Other post(s)Armenian Bishop of Alexandria
Previous post(s)
  • Armenian Bishop of Alexandria (1989–1999)
Orders
Ordination15 August 1965
by Raphaël Bayan
Consecration18 February 1990
by Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian
Personal details
Born
Pierre Taza

(1940-01-17)17 January 1940
Died25 June 2015(2015-06-25) (aged 75)
Beirut, Lebanon
DenominationArmenian Catholic
ResidenceLebanon
ParentsElias Taza and Josephine Azouz
Styles of
Nerses Bedros XIX
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleCatholicos
Posthumous stylen/a

Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (born Pierre Taza; Armenian: Ներսէս Պետրոս ԺԹ. Թարմունի, romanized: Nerses Petros ZhT. T'armuni) (17 January 1940 – 25 June 2015) was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 until his death in 2015.