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His Beatitude Nerses Petros XIX



Biography of
Ignace Petros XVI Batanian
(1962-1976)
The founder patriarch

He was from Mardin. Like the previous ones, he was a famous personality. He was the archbishop of Aleppo and till 1962 the patriarchal successor of Gregory -Petros XV Agagianian cardinal patriarch, the 15 years of patriarchate of Ignace -Petros XVI were rich of armenian and lebanese events.
Due to his intervention, the Lebanese Armenian colony could celebrate the 50th anniversary. He was strong towards the Lebanese internal matters. He was a constructor patriarch. He constructed the new convent of Bzommar and the orphanage of Ainjar.


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