Karekin II

His Holiness Garegin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Karekin II
Native name	Գարեգին Բ
Church	Armenian Apostolic Church
See	Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Appointed	October 27, 1999
Predecessor	Karekin I
Orders
Ordination	1972
Consecration	23 October 1983
Rank	Cathlicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born	Ktrij Nersessian (1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 72) Voskehat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Armenian
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic
Education	University of Vienna

Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years.