Archbishop Norvan Zakarian
- General Information
Born on April 03, 1940, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Baptismal name is Armen.
Primary education - Abgaryan National College.
From 1954 to 1959 - Theological Seminary of Antelias, Beit Mery School, AGBU Hovagimian -Manougian Secondary School in Beirut.
From 1958 to 1959 - Jarankavoratz Theological Seminary of Jerusalem
From 1070 to 1974 - Catholic Institute of Paris
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordinations
In 1976 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Serovbe Manoukian.
In 1968 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Serovbe Manoukian.
In 1970 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Serovbe Manoukian.
In 1982 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Vasken I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2017 - Rank of Archbishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1967 to 1968 - Teacher at the Raincy School.
From 1968 to 1975 - Spiritual Pastor at the St. John the Baptist Mother Cathedral in Paris.
From 1975 to 1980 - Spiritual Pastor at the Holy Mother of God Church in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
From 1980 to 2007 - Vicar of the Pontifical Legate in the district of Lyon.
From 2007 to 2013 - Primate of the Armenian Diocese of France.
From 2007 to 2013 - Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council.
- Works
"About Grigor Pltean's art of poetry: Notes about the book excerpt" and "Approaches".
