Installed 1843 Term ended 1857 Name Nerses V | Successor Matthew I Predecessor John VIII | |
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Church Armenian Apostolic Church See Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Birth name Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan (Թորոս Հարությունի Շահազիզյան) Died February 13, 1857, Vagharshapat, Armenia | ||
Nerses V (Armenian: Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի, [nɛɾsɛs jɛ aʃtaɾakɛtsʰi]) (1770 – February 13, 1857), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1843 and 1857. Previously, he served as the leader of Diocese of Georgia from 1811 to 1830, the leader of the Diocese of Bessarabia and Nor Nakhichevan from 1830 to 1843.
Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
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