Hovakim I of Constantinople

Hovakim I, also known as Hovakim of Bursa, was the first Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians. He and his community were invited to the city by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II to the city from Bursa in 1461, eight years after the Fall of Constantinople (1453). Hovakim I was recognized as the religious and secular leader of all Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and carried the title of milletbaşı or ethnarch as well as patriarch.