Bishop Ararat Kaltakjian
Co-Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
● General Information
Born in 1962 in Beirut. Baptismal name: Hakob.
1967–1976 - Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School, Beirut.
1976–1977 - Sahaguian-Levon Meguerditchian College, Beirut.
1977–1979 - Armenian Theological Seminary in Antelias.
1979–1984 - Gevorgian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
1995–1996 - St. Nersess Theological Seminary (New York) and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary.
● Ecclesiastical Ranks and Ordination
1984 - Ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Hoosig Santourian.
1986 - Ordained a celibate priest by Archbishop Voskan Galpakian.
1988 - Received the four ranks of vardapet by Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian. Thesis: “History of the Church of Antioch.”
1998 - Received the rank of Senior Archimandrite (Dzayraguyn Vardapet) by Archbishop Hovnan Derderian.
2006 - Consecrated bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Service
1985–1990 - Assistant to the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus.
1990–1993 - Pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Toronto.
1993 - Assistant to the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Canada.
1994 - Pastor of St. Narek Church, South Shore of Montreal.
1996 -1999 - Pastor of Saint Gregory's Armenian Apostolic Church of Montreal; Pastor of Holy Cross Church, Laval; Visiting Pastor of St. Mesrop Church, Ottawa.
1999 - Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Canada.
2003 - Director of Armenia-related programs of the Canadian Diocese, programs for orphaned children of Armenia, director of the Armenian Church Youth Organization, spiritual supervisor of the smaller parishes of the Canadian Diocese.
2003 - Spiritual Supervisor of Holy Cross Church, Laval.
2004 - Pastor of Holy Cross Church, Laval.
2006 - Supervisor of the Monasteries of the Mother See.
2006 – 2010 - Grand Sacristan of the Mother See.
2010 — Supervisor of the Properties Department of the Mother See.
Since 2017 - Co-Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
