Jacob Petros II Hovsepian

Hagop Petros II Hovsepian (in Armenian Յակոբ Պետրոս Բ. Յովսէփեան ) was born in Aleppo, Syria. He spent 10 years living spiritual life at St. Antoine’s Convent. Ordained as priest by Monsignor Ardzivian in 1720. His first church was in Pasha, Ottoman Empire. He was later ordained Bishop by Ardzivian with two other priests, they in turn consecrated Abraham Petros I Ardzivian, patriarch.
He was the assistant to Abraham Petros I Ardzivian for 35 years.
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian and Hagop are responsible for the construction of the convent at Bzommar with also became the Seat of the patriarch from 1749 on.
Hagop with his predecessor, Abraham Petros I Ardzivian, are the founders of the order of St. Antoine’s and the Monastery of the Holy Savior at Kreim, Ghosta - Lebanon (built in 1718), which it becomes later in 1865 the Mother House of the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries.