Sahak II Mashalian

Archbishop Sahag II Mashalian (Western Armenian: Սահակ Բ․ Մաշալեան, Turkish: II. Sahag Maşalyan), also known as Sahak Mashalyan in Eastern Armenian transliteration became the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople in 2019.[1]

His Beatitude Patriarch

Sahak II Mashalian
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Native name
Սահակ Բ. Մաշալեան
II. Sahag Maşalyan
ChurchArmenian Apostolic Church
SeeArmenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Appointed11 December 2019
PredecessorMesrob II Mutafyan
Personal details
Born(1962-03-17)17 March 1962
Istanbul, Turkey
DenominationArmenian Apostolic

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the four Sees of Armenian Apostolic Church (the other three being Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Holy See of Cilicia and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) and has an autocephalous status, accepting, on the other hand, spiritual supremacy of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians in Holy Echmiadzin.

Patriarch Sahak II was born as Shahan Mashalian in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 March 1962.

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Oriental Orthodox titles
Preceded by
Mesrob II Mutafyan
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
2019–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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