Antoine Audo

Antoine Audo SJ (born January 3, 1946 in Aleppo , Syria ) is the incumbent Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldean Catholic Church .

Antoine Audo (2016).

Life

Antoine Audo joined the Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ) in 1969 and was ordained a priest on August 5, 1979. He studied in Damascus , Paris and Rome and worked as a professor of biblical studies at the Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut) and the Université Saint-Esprit ( Kaslik ). On January 18, 1992, he was appointed bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Aleppo (Syria), based in the Saint Joseph Cathedral , and ordained on October 11, 1992. At the unsuccessful electoral synod in Baghdad after the death of Patriarch Raphael I. Bidawid , he received twelve of the fourteen required votes in 2003. Instead of him was finally Emmanuel III. Delly elected.

Antoine Audo has been a member of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care for Migrants and People on the Move since January 29, 2011 .

literature

Anthony O'Mahony: The Chaldaean Catholic Church: The Politics of Church-State Relations in Modern Iraq . In: Heythrop Journal . Volume 45, 2004, p. 447 and p. 450 Note 43.

Individual evidence

↑ Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 29, 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Audo, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Audo, Antoine SJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Syrian Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aleppo

[1] Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 29, 2011.