Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian

Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian (in Armenian Իգնատիոս Պետրոս ԺԶ Պաթանեան French Ignace Pierre XVI Batanian; 15 February 1899 in Mardin, Ottoman Empire – 9 October 1979, in Lebanon) was Armenian Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia from 1962 until his resignation in 1976. His election came as replacement of cardinal patriarch Gregory-Petros XV Agagianian, who had been assigned responsibilities with the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican.

Styles of
Ignatius Petros XVI Batanian
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleCatholicos
Posthumous styleN/A
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