Bedros IV Sarajian ( Armenian: Պետրոս Դ. Սարաճյան ) (1870 – 28 September 1940, Beirut) was Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church for only six months during 1940. After his death, the position remained vacant until 1943 when Karekin I of Cilicia was elected.
Bedros was Armenian Prelate of Cyprus (1899–1905 and 1921–1940) and Armenian Prelate of Hadjin (1910–1915). Following the death in July 1936 of Co-Adjutor Papken Gyuluserian, the 87-year-old Catholicos Sahak named Bedros Co-Adjutor Catholicos of Cilicia (1936–1940). He was eventually elected as Catholicos on 30 May 1940 and consecrated in the newly-built St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias on 2 July.
Source: Avakian, Arra S. (1998). Armenia: A Journey Through History. The Electric Press, Fresno.
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