Bishop Tiran Petrosyan
Pontifical Legate of Central Europe and Sweden
- General Information
Was born on February 23, 1981, in Yerevan. Baptismal name is Artur.
From 1987 to 1997 - № 20 Russian Secondary School named after Dzerzhinski.
From 1997 to 2002 - Vaskenian Theological Academy at Lake Sevan.
From 2002 to 2003 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2005 to 2009 - Faculty of Catholic Theology (Chair of The Theory of Theology and Liturgical Studies) at the University of Vienna.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 2001 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Mikael Ajapahian.
In 2003 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Davit Sahakyan.
In 2013 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Mikael Ajapahian. Thesis: “Theology of the 7 Sacraments by Gregory of Tatev: Historical-Critical Analysis”.
In 2019 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 2003 to 2004 - Secretary in the Chancellery.
From 2004 to 2005 -Staff-bearer of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2009 - Vice-Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary, Lecturer of Ritual Theology and Patristics at the Seminary.
In 2010 - Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2010 to 2012 - Spiritual pastor in Southern Germany (Munich and Nuremberg).
In 2012 - Spiritual pastor at the St. Hakob Church (Geneva) of the Armenian Diocese of Switzerland.
Since 2013 - Acting Pontifical Legate of Central Europe and Sweden.
From 2013 to 2017 - Member of the “Faith and Order” Committee of the World Council of Churches.
Since 2016 - Member of the Armenian Studies Committee of the Department of Byzantine Studies of the University of Vienna.
Since 2019 - Pontifical Legate of Central Europe and Sweden.
