Mikael Bassalé,I.C.P.B. | |
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| Ordinary of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece | |
| Church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 25 January 2025 |
| Predecessor | Fr.Hovsep Bezazian (Apostolic Administrator) |
| Previous post | Apostolic Administrator ofOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe (2022–2024) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 December 1997 (Priest) by Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mikael Bassalé (1969-01-16)16 January 1969 (age 56) |
Mikael Bassalé,I.C.P.B. (Armenian:Միքայէլ Պասալէ`; born 16 January 1969) is a Lebanese-bornArmenian Catholic clergyman. He is serving as an Ordinary of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece since 25 January 2025. Previously he served as an Apostolic Administrator of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe from 17 May 2022 until 26 September 2024.[1]
Father Bassalé was born in a diasporanArmenian family inBeirut on 16 January 1969. After completed his primary education inAleppo, he subsequently joined the Minor Seminary of thePatriarchal Congregation of Bzommar in Aleppo, where studied during 1986−1987, and continued his studies at the Major Bzommarian Seminary inLebanon, where he made asolemn profession. He was ordained aspriest on 21 December 1997,[1] after the postgraduate studies in thePontifical Gregorian University inRome,Italy.[2][3]
After his ordination to priesthood, he served in the different Bzommar institutions in Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia and Russia and in the same time made a pastoral work for the Armenian Catholics.[2] Last years Fr. Bassalé served as a parish priest of the Holy Cross inBelmont, Massachusetts, in the United States of America.[4]
On 17 May 2022 Father Bassalé was appointed byPope Francis anApostolic Administrator of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe, that remained vacant almost 9 months, when the previous ordinaryRaphaël François Minassian was elected as theCatholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia. He ceased to serve as an Apostolic Administrator after appointment of his successor on 26 September 2024. Some months later, on 25 January 2025 he was appointed as an Ordinary of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece.[1]
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| Preceded by | Apostolic Administrator of Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe 2022–2024 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Hovsep Bezazian(Apostolic Administrator) | Ordinary of theOrdinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece 2025–present | Incumbent |