Background
Tcholakian was born in Istanbul, Turkey and ordained a priest in Istanbul on 25 April 1943.
Tcholakian was born in Istanbul, Turkey and ordained a priest in Istanbul on 25 April 1943.
He was appointed bishop on 23 May 1966 and consecrated on 16 January 1967. Between 1967 and 2015 he served as Archbishop of Istanbul. In March 2015 the Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni accepted the resignation of Archbishop Tcholakian on grounds of age.