Hovhannes Tcholakian

Hovhannes Tcholakian (12 April 1919 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish-Armenian Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church.

His Excellency, Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian
Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul
See	Istanbul
Appointed	1967
Installed	1967
Term ended	2015
Predecessor	Paul Kiredjian
Successor	Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Orders
Ordination	25 April 1943
Consecration	5 March 1967 by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Personal details
Born	(1919-04-12)12 April 1919 Istanbul, Turkey
Died	16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 97)

Tcholakian was born in Istanbul and ordained a priest in Istanbul on 25 April 1943. He was elected archbishop on 23 May 1966 and consecrated on 16 January 1967. Between 1967 and 2015 he served as Archbishop of Istanbul. In March 2015 the Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni accepted the resignation of Archbishop Tcholakian on grounds of age. He died in September 2016 at the age of 97.^[1]