Vatican Information Service
12 Sept 2005

VATICAN CITY, SEP 12, 2005 (VIS) – The Holy Father elevated the apostolic
exarchate for faithful of the Armenian rite resident in the U.S.A. and
Canada, to the rank of eparchy with the name “Our Lady of Nareg in New York
for Armenian Catholics,” and with the same territorial configuration as the
current exarchate. He appointed Bishop Manuel Batakian, apostolic exarch for
faithful of the Armenian rite resident in the U.S.A. and Canada, as first
bishop of the new eparchy.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress