His Eminence Archbishop Antonio Chedraui Tannous, Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and Caribbean Islands, entered his eternal rest on June 14, 2017. He was 85.

(Caption left to right: H.E. Abp. Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America and Mexico, H.E. Abp. Antonio Chedraui Tannous, Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and Caribbean Islands, His Excellency Grigor Hovhannisyan, former Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico - August 2014)

The Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, who had made the acquaintance of the late Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop Chedraui Tannous in August 2014 while on a pastoral visit to Mexico City, sent a letter of condolence to the Antionchian Orthdox Archdiocese in Mexico on the occasion of Archbishop Chedrauis passing.

Click here to read the Primate’s letter of condolence.