George V of Armenia
George V of Armenia (in Armenian Գևորգ Ե. Սուրենյանց (Տփղիսեցի) (28 August 1847 – 8 May 1930) was the Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 1911–1930. He succeeded Catholicos Matthew II (in Armenian Մատթեոս Բ Կոստանդնուպոլսեց), who had died on 11 December 1910 after less than three years as Catholicos.
Catholicos George V of Armenia Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians | |
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| Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| See | Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |
| Installed | 1911 |
| Term ended | 1930 |
| Predecessor | Matthew II of Armenia |
| Successor | Vacant (1930–1932) followed by Khoren I of Armenia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gevorg Surenyants 28 August 1847 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 May 1930 (aged 82) Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin |
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