ARCHBISHOP NAREG ALEMEZIAN was born in 1962, in Beirut-Lebanon. After graduating the Theological Seminary of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, in Antelias-Lebanon, in 1981, he was ordained a celibate priest and carried on various responsibilities at the Seminary and the Catholicosate. 1986–1991 he continued his theological post-graduate studies in Haigazian University, Beirut-Lebanon, and then in Vancouver-Canada, and served the parish of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church. 1991–1997 he was the parish priest of the Sts. Vartanantz Church, in New Jersey-USA. 1997–2014 he was the Ecumenical Officer of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. He was consecrated a bishop in 2002. In 2011 he has received his Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of British Columbia-Canada. 2011–2013 he was the Dean of the Theological Seminary of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Bikfaya-Lebanon. 2014–2015 he was the Catholicossal Vicar of Cyprus. 2018–2019 he was the Prelate of Lebanon. Currently he is the Ecumenical Director at the Catholicosate. He has contributed to many periodicals and is the author of books on the Armenian Church.
