Tiran Nersoyan ( August 23 , 1904 in Antep , Cilicia , Ottoman Empire &ndash; September 1 , 1989 in New York City ) was an Armenian Apostolic clergyman . He was Patriarch-elect of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem very briefly in 1957 – 1958 but never received his position as Patriarch . Born in Antep in the Ottoman Empire , he was forced to leave to Syria because of the Armenian Genocide . Trained at the Seminary at Jerusalem , he was ordained priest in 1928 . He served during the Second World War as priest in London
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Tiran Nersoyan