Gregory Peter XV Agagianian

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Gregory Peter XV Agagianian was a prominent 20th-century Armenian Catholic cardinal and church leader who served as Patriarch of Cilicia and was considered a leading papal candidate during his time.

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instanceOf 20th-century religious leader
Armenian Catholic cardinal
Catholic cardinal
church leader
patriarch
birthName Ghazaros Aghajanian NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 20th century
church Armenian Catholic Church NERFINISHED
considered papabile
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
era modern Catholic Church history
ethnicGroup Armenians NERFINISHED
familyName Agagianian NERFINISHED
givenName Gregory NERFINISHED
Peter
hasJurisdictionOver Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Cardinal
His Beatitude
influenced Catholic missionary policy in the 20th century
languageOfWorkOrName Armenian
Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
notableFor being a leading papal candidate
leadership of the Armenian Catholic Church
participation in papal conclaves
notableRole leading representative of Eastern Catholics in Rome
participatedIn Papal conclave of 1958 NERFINISHED
Papal conclave of 1963 NERFINISHED
partOf hierarchy of the Catholic Church
positionHeld Cardinal-bishop of Albano NERFINISHED
Cardinal-bishop of Ostia NERFINISHED
Major Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church
Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians NERFINISHED
Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith NERFINISHED
rank Cardinal-bishop
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Eastern Catholic NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Armenian Catholic clergy
respectedAs prominent Armenian Catholic churchman
rite Armenian Rite NERFINISHED
sphereOfActivity Catholic missions
ecclesiastical leadership
title Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church
Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians NERFINISHED

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Francis Arinze ordainedBy Gregory Peter XV Agagianian