Abdisho V. Khayat
Abdisho V. Khayat (born October 15, 1827 in Mosul ; † November 6, 1899 ) with real name Georges Ebed-Iesu Khayyat or Abdisho Giwargis Hayyat was the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans from 1894 to 1899 , in the Chaldean Catholic Church he was considered also as a Syrian scholar.
Abdisho Khayat is considered to be the author of the Mosul edition of the Syrian Bible (Old Testament) " Peshitta ". He studied at the College of the Propaganda Congregation in Rome and was ordained a priest in 1855 . The Chaldean Patriarch Joseph VI. Audo donated him episcopal ordination on March 28, 1860 , and Abdisho Khayat became Bishop of Amadiyah . From 1863 to 1870 he was Patriarchal Vicar of Mosul and from 1879 to 1894 Metropolitan and Archbishop of Amida (today: Diyarbakır). On October 28, 1894, he took over the Patriarchate of Babylon until his death on November 6, 1899. He served as a bishop for a total of 39 years.
He found his grave in the Mater Dolorosa Church in Baghdad.
literature
- Paul Maria Baumgarten , Joseph Schlecht : The Catholic Church in our time and its servants in words and pictures. Leo-Gesellschaft Wien , Allgemeine Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 1900, Volume 1, p. 184 (with photo).
Web links
- Entry on Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 16, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ moraugin.de: Aramaic Bible ( Memento from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 3, 2010
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eliyya XIV. Abbo-Alyonan |
Patriarch of Babylon 1894–1899 |
Joseph Emmanuel II Toma |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khayat, Abdisho V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khayyat, Georges Ebed-Iesu (original name); Hayyat, Abdisho Giwargis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mosul |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1899 |