Bishop Ararat Kaltakjian
- General Information
Was born in 1962, in Beirut. Baptismal name is Hakob.
From 1967 to 1976 - St. Sahak-St. Mesrop College in Lebanon.
From 1976 to 1977 - Sahakyan-Levon Mkrtchyan College in Beirut.
From 1977 to 1979 - Armenian Seminary of Antelias.
From 1979 to 1984 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
From 1995 to 1996 - St. Nerses Theological Seminary in New York and St. Vladimir Orthodox University.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1984 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Hoosik Santourian.
In 1986 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Voskan Galpakyan.
In 1988 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian. Thesis: The History of the Church of Antioch".
In 1998 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian.
In 2006 - COnsecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1985 to 1990 - Assistant of the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus.
From 1990 to 1993 - spiritual pastor of the Holy Trinity Church in Toronto.
In 1993 - Assistant of the Primate of the Diocese of Canada.
In 1994 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Narek Church of the Southern Coast of Montreal.
From 1996 to 1999 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Cathedral of Montreal while also serving the faithful of the St. Cross Church of Laval. Visiting pastor in the St. Mesrop Church of Ottawa.
In 1999 - Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Canada.
In 2003 - Director of the Armenian programs of the Armenian Diocese of Canada, orphan children of Armenia, Armenian church-loving youth organization, spiritual Dean of the small congregations of the Canadian Diocese.
In 2003 - Dean of the St. Cross Church of Laval.
In 2004 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Cross Church of Laval.
In 2006 - Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See.
From 2006 to 2010 - Grand Sacristan of the Mother See.
In 2010 - Dean of the Property Department of the Mother See.
Since 2017 - Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Mother See.
