Armenian Titular Episcopal See of

Trapezus

Turkiye Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Armenian

Type: Titular Episcopal See Episcopal See

Name: Trapezus (latine) / Trabzon (English) / Trebisonda (Italiano) / Trapezunt / Trapezuntin(us) Armenorum (Latin)

Location: Trabzon, pr. Ponto Polemoniaco, Turkiye

History

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:vacant

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Trapezus (Armenian Rite)

Archbishop Giovanni Naslian
(1911.08.27 – 1928.07.01)

Born:1875.01.28 (Karput, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1898.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:1911.10.22
Died:1957.09.15 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1911.08.27 – 1928.07.01)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Armenians ([1928.06.29] 1928.07.01 – 1957.09.15)

Bishop Etienne Apikian
(1903.04.06 – 1908?)

Born:1844? (Constantinople, Turkiye)
Consecrated Bishop:1903.06.14
Died:1908? († 64)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1903.04.06 – 1908?)

Bishop Paolo Marmarian
(1877.08.14 – 1900?)

Born:1833.02.12 (Trabzon, Turkiye)
Consecrated Bishop:1877.09.23
Died:1900? († 67)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1877.08.14 – 1900?)

Bishop Giovanni Ghiurekian
(1865.03.24 – 1874.08.30)

Born:1798.12.25 (Trabzon, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1823.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1865.05.20
Died:1874.08.30 († 75)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1865.03.24 – 1874.08.30)

Bishop Giuseppe Arachial
(1850.04.30 – 1863.12.21)

Born:1811.05.05 (Ancira, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:1844.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1852.02.01
Died:1876.09.05 († 65)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1850.04.30 – 1863.12.21)

Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1863.12.21 – 1876.09.05)

Former Titular Bishops

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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