Djibrail Kassab
Djibrail Kassab (born August 4, 1938 in Telkef ) is retired Archbishop ad personam of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Sydney .
Life
Djibrail Kassab was ordained a priest on January 19, 1961 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Archdiocese of Baghdad . Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Bassora on October 24, 1995 .
He was ordained bishop on May 5th of the following year by the Patriarch of Babylon and Archbishop of Baghdad , His Beatitude Raphael I. Bidawid ; Co- consecrators were Georges Garmou , Archbishop of Mosul , Karim Geries Mourad Delly , Auxiliary Bishop in Babylon, Hanna Markho , Archbishop of Erbil , and Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim , Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit .
On October 21, 2006, he was named archbishop ad personam of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Sydney .
Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on January 15, 2014.
Web links
- Entry on Djibrail Kassab on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 21, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ rinuncia dell'Eparca di Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney dei Caldei (Oceania) e nomina del nuovo Eparca. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 15, 2015, accessed January 15, 2015 (Italian).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Yousif Thomas |
Archbishop of Bassora 1991-2007 |
Habib Al-Naufali |
| --- |
Archbishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Sydney 2007-2015 |
Emil Shimoun Nona |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kassab, Djibrail |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi clergyman, retired Archbishop of the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Sydney |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Telkef |