In 1740 , Abraham-Pierre I Ardzivian , who had earlier become a Catholic , was elected as the patriarch of Sis . Two years later Pope Benedict XIV formally established the Armenian Catholic Church . In 1749 , the Armenian Catholic Church built a convent in Bzoummar , Lebanon . During the Armenian Genocide in 1915 – 1918 the Church scattered among neighboring countries , mainly Lebanon and Syria
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Catholic Church