Chronicles Of The Western Diocese's Centennial History With Norayr Poghosyan

The first steps toward the establishment of the Western Diocese were taken a full decade before its official founding in 1927. On January 28, 1917, the first Assembly of Delegates was convened in Fresno. The minutes of that historic gathering—serving as the Diocese's birth records—were meticulously entered into special ledgers, which have been carefully preserved at the Diocesan Headquarters under the stewardship of the Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian.

PHOTO: "Minutes of the Assembly of Delegates of the Armenian Church of California"—the opening page of the minutes from the inaugural session held on January 28, 1917.