Pablo Hakimian

Pablo León Hakimian (11 November 1953 – 6 November 2024) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina. He served as the second eparch (bishop) of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires from 2018 until his death in 2024.

Biography Pablo León Hakimian was born in Cairo, Egypt and ordained a priest on 14 August 1981 by Patriarch Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. Pope Francis named Hakimian as the eparch of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires on 4 July 2018. He was ordained a bishop by Patriarch Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. of the Armenian Catholic Church on 29 September 2018.

In September 2021, following the death of Patriarch Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan, he participated in the Elective Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church convened by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome. He was part of the body of bishops that elected Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian as the new Patriarch of Cilicia.

Hakimian died in Buenos Aires on 6 November 2024, at the age of 70.