Bishop Partev Barseghyan
Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Switzerland
● General Information
1982 – Born in Etchmiadzin. Name at baptism: Hayk.
1989–1999 – Attended Maxim Gorky Secondary School in Etchmiadzin.
1999–2005 – Studied at the Gevorgian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
● Ecclesiastical Ranks and Ordination
2004 – Ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Ezras Nersisyan.
2007 – Ordained a celibate priest by Archbishop Vigen Aykazyan.
2015 – Received the four degrees of the rank of Vardapet (Archimandrite) from Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan. Thesis: “The Pedagogical Views of Karapet Ter-Mkrtchyan.”
2024 – Consecrated Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Tenure
2007 – Served at the Christian Education Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2008 – Served in the Information System of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2009–2010 – Lecturer at the Vaskenian Theological Seminary in Sevan.
2010–2011 – Director of the Meetings Office of the Chancellery of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2011–2013 – Pastor of St. John Church in Paris.
2013–2019 – Deputy Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2019 – Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.
2024–2026 – Primate of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.
Since 2026 – Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Switzerland.
