Hagop (or Jacob) Petros II Hovsepian (in Armenian Յակոբ Պետրոս Բ. Յովսէփեան ) was born in Aleppo, Syria.
He, after living a religious life in St. Antoine's convent at Kadicha for ten years, returned to his birthplace and Mgr.
In 1722, because of many pursuits, bishop Ardzivian was exiled, priest Hagop with some friends bought their needs and with the remaining money, they bought the farm of Kreim (Lebanon) to build an Armenian convent there, and with the other part, they liberated the bishop Abraham from Rouad Island and brought him to Kreim.
Staying in his eparchy of Aleppo for a while, bishop Hagop was obliged to take refuge in Kreim, near to Ardzivian.
Hagop II became, with Abraham Ardzivian, the founder of both St. Antoine's order and convent of Kreim.