Hovnan Derderian (born 1 December 1957) is the youngest Armenian cleric to have been elevated to the rank of archbishop. Life Born Vahram Derderian in Beirut, he studied at the Antelias Seminary and the Seminary of the Holy See in Etchmiadzin, Armenia. Upon his graduation in 1980 he was ordained a celibate priest by Vazken I, Catholicos of All Armenians, taking the name Hovnan. See also Armenian Apostolic Church References External links Biography from the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America website 1957 births Living people Religious leaders from Beirut Lebanese people of Armenian descent Alumni of St Stephen's House, Oxford Bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church Lebanese Oriental Orthodox Christians