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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic church}}
{{Distinguish|Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia|Armenian Apostolic Church}}
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| headquarters       = [[Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon
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| founder            = [[Abraham Petros I Ardzivian]]
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| members            = 150,000 (independent estimates)<ref name="adalian"/><ref name="Tchilingirian"/><br/>757,726  (2017 ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'')<ref>{{cite web|last=Roberson|first=Ronald G.|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2016|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat16.pdf|work=Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics|publisher=Catholic Near East Welfare Association|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020094357/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat16.pdf|archive-date=20 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The '''Armenian Catholic Church'''{{efn|{{langx|hy|Հայ Կաթողիկէ Եկեղեցի|translit=Hay Kat’ołikē Ekełec’i}}; ''{{langx|la|Ecclesia armeno-catholica}}''}} is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] [[particular church]] ''[[sui iuris]]'' of the [[Catholic Church]]. It accepts the [[papal supremacy|leadership]] of the [[bishop of Rome]],  and is therefore in [[full communion]] with the universal Catholic Church, including the [[Latin Church]] and the 22 other [[Eastern Catholic Churches]]. The Armenian Catholic Church is regulated by Eastern [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]], summed up in the ''[[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches]]''.

The head<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Armenian-Catholic-Church Armenian Catholic Church Written by: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica]</ref><ref>[https://media.ascensionpress.com/2019/02/05/the-eastern-catholic-churches-part-2-the-armenian-rite/ The Eastern Catholic Churches: Part 2, the Armenian Rite]</ref> of the ''sui iuris'' Armenian Catholic Church is the [[Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia]], whose main cathedral and ''de facto'' archiepiscopal see is the [[Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator]], in [[Beirut]], Lebanon.

[[Armenian Caritas]] is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia.

== History ==
The [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Church]] took issue with the 451 [[Council of Chalcedon]] and formally broke off communion with the Chalcedonian Churches at the 3rd Synod of Dvin in 610. Some Armenian bishops and congregations made attempts to restore [[full communion|communion]] with the Chalcedonian Churches after the 6th Ecumenical Council of 681. During the [[Crusades]] in 1198, the Church of the [[Armenian kingdom of Cilicia]] entered into union with the Catholic Church, an attempt that did not last. The union was later re-established during the [[Council of Florence]] in 1439,<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ZkzyEAAAQBAJ&pli=1 |title =Laetentur Caeli: Bulls of Union with the Greeks, Armenians, Coptic, and Ethiopian Churches |isbn = 9798869171504 |last1 = Curtin|first1 = D. P.|date = January 2007}}
</ref> but did not have any real effects for centuries.

Some Armenians converted to Catholicism, and in the absence of any specific Armenian Catholic Church in effect became [[Latin Church|Latins]]. In medieval China, [[Armenians in China|local Armenians]] were converted to Catholicism by [[John of Montecorvino]] in [[Beijing]] and there was also an Armenian Franciscan Catholic community in [[Quanzhou]].

In 1740, [[Abraham Petros I Ardzivian|Abraham-Pierre I Ardzivian]], who had earlier become a Catholic, was elected as the [[patriarch]] of [[Kozan, Adana|Sis]]. Two years later, Pope [[Benedict XIV]] formally established the Armenian Catholic Church. In 1749, the Armenian Catholic Church built a convent in [[Bzoummar]], Lebanon. During the [[Armenian genocide]] in 1915–1918, the Church was scattered in neighboring countries, mainly in Lebanon and Syria.

An Armenian Catholic community was also previously formed by [[Armenians living in Poland]] in the 1630s. The Armenian bishop of [[Lviv|Leopolis]] (see [[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv]]), [[Mikołaj Torosowicz|Nicholas (Polish: Mikołaj) Torosowicz]] had entered into union with the Catholic Church. The community which had been historically centered in [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] as well as in the [[Kresy|pre-1939 Polish borderlands in the east]], was expelled after [[World War II]] to present-day Poland and now has three parishes: in [[Gdańsk]], in [[Gliwice]] and in [[Warsaw]].

There is also a history of conversion of Armenians in [[Transylvania]], which went hand in hand with their [[acculturation]] under Hungarian influence [[Magyarisation|and policies]] (see [[Gherla]] and [[Dumbrăveni]]). Their descendants are part of the [[Armenians in Romania|Armenian community of modern-day Romania]] and are tended to by the [[Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania]].

== Liturgy and practices ==
{{Main|Armenian Rite}}
The [[Armenian Rite]] [[liturgy]], as celebrated in the [[Armenian language]],  developed prior to the post-Chalcedonian interruption of communion and hence is historically common to all Armenian Christians. It is patterned after the directives of Saint [[Gregory the Illuminator]], founder and [[patron saint]] of the Armenian Church. It is used by both the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], by the Armenian Catholic Church, and by a significant number of [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] Christians in the Republic of Georgia. Unlike the [[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine Church]], church buildings of the Armenian rite usually have only a few [[icon]]s, but like some other Eastern churches have a barrier concealing the priest and the [[altar]] from the people during parts of the [[liturgy]]. The use of bishop's [[mitre]] is reminiscent of the influence Western missionaries once had upon both the [[Miaphysitism|miaphysite]] Orthodox Armenians as well as upon the Armenian Rite Catholics.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

== Armenian Catholic communities ==
Apart from Armenia, Georgia and Russia, the Armenian Catholic Church is found widely in the [[Armenian diaspora]], notably in Lebanon (where the Armenian Catholic Church is headquartered), Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, France, U.S.A., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and  Australia.

=== Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe ===
[[File:Holy SURP Hovhannes Church.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Saint John Church of Sohrol]] in Iran, built in the 5th or 6th century]]

Armenian Catholics originated in what is today Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe. Beginning in the late 1920s, persecution caused many Armenian Catholics to emigrate. In 1991, after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Bishop of Rome]], [[Pope John Paul II]] merged the communities in Georgia and Russia with those in Armenia, creating the new [[Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe]], with its residence in Gyumri. The city was not chosen by chance: most Catholic Armenians live in the northern parts of Armenia. This has become a kind of basis for fence-mending with the coreligionists on the other side of the border.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

In 1992, [[Vasken I]], Catholicos of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], announced that ''"The presence of the Armenian Catholic Church in Armenia is unacceptable and to be refuted"'', a decision made as a result of a Holy Synod held on 26 September 1992.<ref>"The Mother Church and Roman Catholic Missionary Activity in a Reborn Armenia", Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, New York, 1993.</ref>

Today Catholic Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti live together in Akhaltsikhe and in the nearby villages, as well as in the regions of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda. The communities in the last two regions, which are mainly rural, are found in rather distant areas, but the most important link is the historical memory of Catholicism.

A small seminary was established in [[Gyumri]], Armenia, in 1994; there candidates for the priesthood engage in basic studies before moving to the Pontifical College of the Armenians (established 1885) in Rome, where they pursue philosophy and theology.

There are also tens of thousands of [[Roman Catholicism in Russia|Armenian Catholics in Russia]], due to the extensive migration from Armenia to Russia that has occurred since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

=== United States and Canada ===
{{See also|Armenian Americans}}
[[Image:Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Church in Glendale , California (2001) crop.JPG|thumb|[[Gregory the Illuminator|Saint Gregory the Illuminator]] Armenian Catholic Cathedral in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[California]]]]
[[File:St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church, Toronto - 2025 - 01.jpg|thumb|St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church, [[Toronto]]]]
Currently around 1.5 million [[Armenians]] live in [[North America]], of which 35,000 belong to the Armenian Catholic Church.

In the 19th century Catholic Armenians from [[Western Armenia]], mainly from the towns and cities of Karin ([[Erzurum vilayet|Erzurum]]), and from [[Constantinople]] and [[Mardin]], traveled to the United States seeking employment. By the end of that century, many survivors of the [[Hamidian massacres|Hamidian Massacres]] had concentrated in several U.S. cities, chiefly in [[New York City|New York]].
Catholic Armenian communities were also founded in [[New Jersey]], in  [[Boston]] and [[Detroit]], as in [[Los Angeles]] and other cities of [[California]].

Catholic Armenian educational organizations were also founded in many cities. In [[Philadelphia]] and  [[Boston]], colleges were founded  by Armenian sisters, educating hundreds of children. Later, a similar college was founded in Los Angeles. The [[Mekhitarists|Mechitarists]] in particular were preoccupied with the problem of preserving Armenian identity. With the support of the  [[Mekhitarists]] of Venice and Vienna, the Mekhitarian College was founded in Los Angeles.

Many Armenians came to the United States and Canada from the Middle Eastern countries of Lebanon and Syria in the 1970s and in later years. Moreover, many Armenians migrated from Argentina, because of the economic crisis there. At the same time, many Catholic Armenians moved within the United States to [[San Francisco]], [[San Diego]], [[Chicago]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], [[Atlanta]], [[Miami]] and [[Indianapolis]].

In 2005, by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s decision, the ''Catholic [[Exarchate]] of the USA and Canada'' was raised  to the status of a [[diocese]]. It serviced 35,000 Catholic Armenians in the United States and some 10,000 in Canada. [[Manuel Batakian]] became the bishop, or eparch, of the diocese, which has jurisdiction over Canadian and American Catholics who are members of the Armenian Catholic Church, . According to a  news release by the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] published on Monday, May 23, 2011, [[Pope Benedict XVI]], named [[Archpriest]] [[Mikaël Antoine Mouradian]], superior of the Convent of Notre Dame in [[Bzoummar|Bzommar, Lebanon]], as the new bishop of the [[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada|Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York]] for Armenian Catholics. The appointment of Lebanon-born Bishop Mouradian was publicized in Washington on May 21 by [[Archbishop]] [[Pietro Sambi]], [[Apostolic Nunciature to the United States|Apostolic Nuncio to the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2011/11-107E.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525024618/http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2011/11-107E.shtml|archive-date=2011-05-25|title=Pope Names New Eparch for Armenian Catholics In US And Canada|publisher=USCCB News Release|date=21 May 2011}}</ref>

=== France ===
Next to [[North America]], France holds the largest number of Armenian Catholics outside the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris was established in 1960 with Bishop Garabed Armadouni as exarch. Since 1977, the eparchy has been led by Bishop Krikor Gabroyan.

There are some 30,000 Armenian Catholics in the eparchy, the headquarters of which are in Paris. Apart  from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Paris, the eparchy has six churches: in [[Arnouville-lès-Gonesse]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Saint-Chamond, Loire|Saint-Chamond]], [[Sèvres]] and [[Valence, Drôme|Valence]]. A community of [[Mekhitarist]] Fathers resides in Sèvres and a convent of [[Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception]] runs a school in Marseille.

=== [[Brazil]] ===
The Catholic Armenian Community of [[São Paulo]] was founded in 1935, as the ''Chaplaincy of the Catholic Armenian Mission'', responding to requests from Armenian immigrants who had settled in Brazil since 1923, mostly from [[Kahramanmaraş|Marach]], actually a city of Turkey. The church is between the [[São Paulo Metro|metro stations]] [[Armênia (São Paulo Metro)|Armênia]] and [[Tiradentes (São Paulo Metro)|Tiradentes]], at Tiradentes Avenue #718.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paroquiaarmenia.org.br/historico/|title=Histórico|publisher=Paróquia Armênia Católica São Gregório Iluminator|date=27 April 2023}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
[[Image:Al Quds Patriarch.jpg|thumb|right|Bishops meeting in Jerusalem, circa 1880. The [[archbishop]] (centre) wears a Roman [[pallium]].]]
Estimates from the 19th century varied between 40.000<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews |journal=Evangelical Christendom: Its State and Prospects |date=1847 |volume=I |page=[https://archive.org/details/evangelicalchri03alligoog/page/n401 <!-- quote=armenian catholics. --> 393] |publisher=[[Evangelical Alliance]] |location=London}}</ref> to 150.000 <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Russell|first1=C. W.|title=The Armenian Convent of San Lazzaro, at Venice|journal=[[The Dublin Review]]|date=May 1842|volume=12|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ejUYAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA375 375]}}</ref> Armenian Catholics worldwide, and 136,400 in 1911<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ormanian|first1=Malachia|author-link1=Malachia Ormanian|title=Հայոց եկեղեցին և իր պատմութիւնը, վարդապետութիւնը, վարչութիւնը, բարեկարգութիւնը, արաողութիւնը, գրականութիւն, ու ներկայ կացութիւնը [The Church of Armenia: her history, doctrine, rule, discipline, liturgy, literature, and existing condition]|date=1911|location=Constantinople|pages=259–267|language=hy}}</ref>

Independent sources estimate the number of Catholic Armenians in the early 21st century at 150,000, with sizable communities in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jerusalem, France and the United States.<ref name="adalian">{{cite book |last1=Adalian |first1=Rouben Paul |author-link1=Rouben Paul Adalian |title=Historical Dictionary of Armenia |date=2010 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=9780810874503 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QS-vSjHObOYC&dq=armenian+catholic+church+followers&pg=PA233 233]}}</ref><ref name="Tchilingirian">{{cite web |last1=Tchilingirian |first1=Hratch |authorlink=Hratch Tchilingirian |title=The Armenian Church: A Brief Introduction |url=http://hygradaran.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/8/6/11869782/armenian_church_introduction.pdf |website=hygradaran |publisher=Armenian Church Library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423093507/http://hygradaran.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/8/6/11869782/armenian_church_introduction.pdf |archive-date=23 April 2019 |page=8 |quote=According to Vatican sources, some 250,000 Armenians belong to the Armenian Catholic Church (others put the number closer to 150,000) with communities in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Jerusalem and the US.}}</ref>

== Structure ==
[[Image:Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, Bzoummar, Lebanon (2).JPG|thumb|Headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in [[Bzoummar]], Lebanon]]
[[File:Surp Khach Gyumri, Armenia, June 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Gyumri|Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs]] in [[Gyumri]], Armenia]]
[[File:Holy Trinity, Aleppo, Syria.jpg|thumb|Armenian Catholic church of the [[Holy Trinity Church, Aleppo|Holy Trinity]] in [[Aleppo]], Syria]]
[[File:نمای کلیسای کاتولیک ها از حیاط مدرسه فرانسوی ها.jpg|thumb|[[Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, New Julfa|Church of Our Lady of the Rosary]] in [[Isfahan]], Iran]]
[[File:Istanbul dec 2007 0736.jpg|thumb|Anarat Hurtin Church in [[Istanbul]], Turkey]]
The Armenian Catholic Church is divided into [[Archdiocese]]s, [[Eparch]]ies, [[Apostolic Exarchate]]s, [[Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite|Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite]] and [[Patriarchal Exarchate]]s, each of which has functions similar to a [[diocese]].
[[File:ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png|center|thumb|A map of Armenian Catholic jurisdictions]]

=== Current hierarchy ===
The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church. On 23 September 2021, [[Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian]] was elected as the Church's new patriarch.<ref name="Vatican News">{{cite web|title=Արհ. Տ. Ռաֆայէլ Արքեպիսկոպոս Մինասեան ընտրուեցաւ Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Կաթողիկէ Հայոց ԻԱ Պատրիարք|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/hy/church/news/2021-09/hy-eletto-21-patriarca-casa-cilicia-armeni-cattolici-minassian.html|website=vaticannews.va|date=23 September 2021 |publisher=[[Vatican News]]|access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref>

Below is a list of the jurisdictions with their number of adherents.<ref name="cnewa">{{cite web|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2-008|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|website=cnewa.org|publisher=[[Catholic Near East Welfare Association]]|access-date=2018-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Archeparchy|Archeparchies (Archdioceses)]]
! 1990
! 2000
! 2017
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia|Patriarchate of Cilicia]], also sole Metropolitanate as [[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut]], Lebanon (Patriarchal proper archdiocese)
| 15,000
| 12,000
| 12,500
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo|Archeparchy of Aleppo (Halab, Beroa)]], Syria
| 15,000
| 17,000
| 7,000
|-
||[[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad|Archeparchy of Baghdad]], Iraq
| 2,200
| 2,000
| 2,400
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul|Archeparchy of Istanbul (Constantinople)]], Turkey
| 3,700
| 3,680
| 2,500
|-
||[[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv|Archeparchy of Lviv]], Ukraine
| N/A
| N/A
| 0
|-
! Suffragan [[Eparch]]ies in the Patriarch's Metropolitan Province of Cilicia
! 
! 
! 
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Isfahan|Ispahan]], Iran
| 2,200
| 2,200
| 150
|-
||[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria|Alexandria (Iskanderiya)]] actually in [[Cairo]], Egypt
| 1,500
| 1,287
| 6,500
|-
||[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Kameshli|Kameshli ((Al-)Qamishli]]), Syria
| 4,303
| 4,000
| 3,500
|-
! Other [[Eparch]]ies (dioceses), in the diaspora
! 
! 
! 
|-
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada|Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada]]
| 34,000
| 36,000
| 36,000
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris|Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris]], France
| 30,000
| 30,000
| 35,000
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek|Eparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek]], [[Buenos Aires]]
| established in 1989
| 16,000
| 16,350
|-
! [[Apostolic Exarchate]]s (missionary, directly dependent on the Holy See)
! 
! 
! 
|-
| [[Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico]]
| 30,000
| 12,000
| 12,000
|-
! [[Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite|Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites]]
! 
! 
! 
|-
||[[Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece|Greece]] ([[Athens]])
| 650
| 600
| 200
|-
|[[Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania|Ordinariate for Romania]] ([[Gherla]])
| N/A
| 1,000
| 626
|-
||[[Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe|Eastern Europe (except Romania)]] ([[Gyumri]], Armenia)
| established in 1991
| 220,000
| 618,000
|-
! [[Patriarchal Exarchate]]s
! 
! 
! 
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus|Damascus]], part of Syria
| 9,000
| 8,000
| 4,500
|-
|[[Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman|Jerusalem and Amman]] (Jordan & Holy Land)
| N/A
| 280
| 500
|-
| '''TOTAL'''
| '''142,853'''
| '''362,047'''
| ..
|}

==== Titular metropolitan archeparchies ====
Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope

==== Titular non-metropolitan archeparchies ====
Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, [[Nisibis of the Armenians]], Sebaste, Tarsus

==== Titular eparchies ====
Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus

== Publications ==
The Armenian Catholic Church produces a number of publications:
*''[[Avedik]]'', the official organ of the church
*''Avedaper Verelk'', a religious, spiritual and cultural publication of St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church
*''Avedaper'', a weekly bulletin of the Armenian Catholic dioceses
*''Gantch Hrechdagabedin'', official publication of the Our Lady of Bzommar Convent
*''[[Massis (periodical)|Massis]]'', a general monthly publication
* Church bulletins

The Armenian Catholic Church has presses that publish many liturgical, spiritual books, publications, pamphlets and translations from general Catholic publications.

== See also ==
* [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]
* [[Armenian Evangelical Church]]
* [[Catholic Church in Armenia]]
* [[List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia]]
* [[Mechitarists|Mechitarist Monks of the Armenian Catholic Church]]
* [[Ignatius Maloyan]]
* [[Gregorio Pietro Agagianian]]
* [[Religion in Armenia]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Other Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Kornél |first=Nagy |chapter = The Catholicization of Transylvanian Armenians (1685-1715): Integrative or Disintegrative Model? |title = Integrating Minorities: Traditional Communities and Modernization |year=2011 |location=Cluj-Napoca |publisher = Editura ISPMN |pages=33–56 |isbn=9786069274491 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ztgwoGq1OYQC }}
* {{cite book |last=Stopka |first=Krzysztof |title = Armenia Christiana: Armenian Religious Identity and the Churches of Constantinople and Rome (4th-15th century) |year=2016 |location=Kraków |publisher = Jagiellonian University Press |isbn=9788323395553 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eeq-DQAAQBAJ }}
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*Arestakes Simavoryan. Armenian Catholic Community in Russia. 2010. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3883927
*Arestakes Simavoryan. Catholic Armenians in Poland. 2011. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897582
*Arestakes Simavoryan. Vahram Hovyan. Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Communities in Turkey: Modern Tendencies (in Armenian). 2011. {{ISBN|978-9939-825-18-2}}. http://noravank.am/eng/books/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=6812

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* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/rite-A.htm GCatholic]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720055734/http://armenianeparchy.org/ Armenian Catholic Eparchy of USA and Canada]
* [http://www.armeniancatholic.org.au/ Armenian Catholic Community in Australia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140206185318/http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/armenimenu.html Armenian Catholic Church in Lebanon]
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church Armeniapedia – Armenian Catholic Church]
* [https://cnewa.org/eastern-christian-churches/toc/the-catholic-eastern-churches/from-the-oriental-orthodox-churches/the-armenian-catholic-church/ Article on the Armenian Catholic Church by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA web site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120826000319/http://armenianeparchy.org/stmarks/ St. Mark's Armenian Catholic Church, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* [http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/3719/st_gregory_of_narek_was_the_new_doctor_of_the_church_a_catholic.aspx CWR – ''St. Gregory of Narek: Was the New Doctor of the Church a Catholic?'']

;Armenian Religious Relations and the Roman Catholic Church  
* [http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/B14ALLAT.HTM Pope Benedict XIV, ''Allatae Sunt'' (''On the observance of Oriental Rites''), Encyclical, 1755]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226085232/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/anc-orient-ch-docs/rc_pc_christuni_doc_19961213_jp-ii-karekin-i_en.html Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I, 1996] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226083835/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/anc-orient-ch-docs/rc_pc_christuni_doc_19970125_jp-ii-aram-i_en.html Common Declaration of John Paul II and Aram I Keshishian, 1997]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226062538/http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1999/june/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_19990629_karekin-i.html John Paul II to Karekin I, 1999]
* [http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/ZJP2ARMN.HTM Joint Declaration signed by John Paul II and Karekin II, 2000]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226064258/http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2008/november/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20081124_catholicos.html Greeting by Pope Benedict XVI to His Holiness Aram I, 2008]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180112010342/http://sor.cua.edu/Ecumenism/RC.html Dialogue and Joint Declarations with the Roman Catholic Church]

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