RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karekin II

1951 - Today

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Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karekin II is the 1,105th most popular religious figure (up from 1,173rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Armenian Religious Figure.

Karekin II is most famous for being the first Armenian Catholicos-Patriarch of All Armenians.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karekin II ranks 1,105 out of 3,187. Before him are Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam, Eustathius of Antioch, Jacques Paul Migne, Fausto Sozzini, Martin of Braga, and Joseph II of Constantinople. After him are Rahotep, Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Gerard Majella, Lucifer of Cagliari, Jean-Marc Aveline, and Nahshon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Karekin II ranks 82. Before him are Michèle Mouton, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Angelique Rockas, V. S. Ramachandran, Carl Wieman, and Emmanuel Todd. After him are Fatmir Sejdiu, Barry Marshall, Lou Ferrigno, Gustavo Santaolalla, Kazumi Takada, and Javier Marías.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 19 out of 163. Before him are Vahagn Khachaturyan (1959), Khachatur Abovian (1805), Ashot I of Armenia (820), Armen Sarkissian (1953), Sebeos (700), and Anania Shirakatsi (610). After him are Alexander Arutiunian (1920), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Djivan Gasparyan (1928), Tigranes III (-100), Olga Chekhova (1897), and Arno Babajanian (1921).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Armenia

Among religious figures born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 4. Before him are Gregory the Illuminator (257), Servatius of Tongeren (400), and Sebeos (700). After him are Eznik of Kolb (380).

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