About Hovhannes Arscharouni
Lived 1854 – 1929 (aged 74–75). Hovhannes Arscharouni was a Turkish presbyter.
Hovhannes XII Arsharuni (; Istanbul, 1854 – Istanbul, 21 January 1929) was an Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
Born in Constantinople, Hovhannes Arsharuni attended the Galatasaray High School. He taught at the local Armenian schools and was ordained as a cleric of the Armenian church in 1879. He was ordained archbishop in 1899. He became Patriarch of Constantinople in 1911 and was forced to resign in 1913.
He died on January 21, 1929, and is buried at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery.
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Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (1911-1913)
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Hovhannes Arscharouni was born in 1854 in Constantinople.
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Hovhannes Arscharouni died on 21 January 1929 in Istanbul.
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Hovhannes Arscharouni was a presbyter.
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Hovhannes Arscharouni was Turkish.
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