Chronicles Of The Western Diocese's Centennial History With Norayr Poghosyan - Part 9

At his installation on May 26, 1928, at Holy Trinity Church, Bishop Karekin Khachadourian, the newly-appointed Primate of the Diocese of California, delivered his inaugural message to the Armenian faithful of the Western Diocese:

“O beloved Armenian people of California, I have come willingly and with love to join you as a fellow builder of this creative and miraculous faith—to think, speak, and, above all, to act in that faith, for you and alongside you.”

Photo: Bishop Karekin Khachadourian, first Primate of the Western Diocese (1927–1932).