Paulos Faraj Rahho

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Paulos Faraj Rahho ( Syrian-Aramaic : ܦܘܠܘܣ ܦ̮ܪܔ ܪܚܘ Paulōs Farağ Raḥō , Arabic بولص فرج رحو, DMG Būlus Farağ Raḥū ; * November 20, 1942 in Mosul , Iraq ; † between February 29 and March 12, 2008 ) was Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church .

Life

Rahho learned and studied from 1954 at the seminary "Saint Peter" in Baghdad and was ordained a priest on June 10, 1965 . He then worked in pastoral care at the "Isaias Church" in Mosul. After his licentiate in pastoral theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, he worked again from 1977 as a pastor in the parishes "Mother of Perpetual Help" (= Mary) and " St. Paul " in Mosul. He had the Sacred Heart Church built in Telkif, a new district of Mosul, and founded a children's home for the disabled.

Archbishop of Mosul

Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Mosul in 2001 . The episcopal ordination donated him on 16 February 2001 Archbishop Raphael I Bidawid , the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic Church; Co- consecrators were André Sana , Chaldean Archbishop of Aqra, and Abdul-Ahad Sana , Chaldean Bishop of Alqosh .

Known as the man of the compromise between Christians and Muslims in Iraq, Rahho has been threatened with armed violence since 2003. After the death of Pope John Paul II, bishops of the Christian Churches in Iraq met with Rahho at St. George's monastery for a mass. After a bomb attack on his bishopric in June 2004, the Muslim imam provided him with accommodation. In 2004/2005 he was involved in many events for the “Year of the Eucharist”. In November 2007 he accompanied Emmanuel III. Delly , the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholics, for his cardinal elevation to Rome.

Rahho became increasingly active against the emerging persecution of Christians in Iraq, with threats from Islamist militias, the introduction of special taxes or the threat of marrying Christian daughters to Muslim men.

On February 29, 2008, his driver and his two companions were shot and kidnapped on their way back from a service of the Crosses that he had celebrated in the Al-Nour district (Mosul).

On March 13, 2008, Archbishop Rahho was found dead. The body was found in a garbage dump near Mosul. The reports about the exact cause of death are contradicting. According to the governor of Nineveh , the body had gunshot wounds. The Iraqi police announced that no evidence of gunshot wounds was found. On March 15, he was buried in Karamles, a village near Mosul, attended by several thousand people. The funeral celebrations were chaired by the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholics Emmanuel III. Delly . His murdered driver and bodyguard were also buried in the village cemetery.

On May 19, 2008, Ahmed Ali Ahmed (also known as Abu Omar) was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court as one of the attackers. The Chaldean Catholic Church has criticized Abu Omar's death sentence .

Web links

Commons : Paulos Faraj Rahho  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ORF : The difficult fate of Christians in Iraq , March 14, 2008
  2. ↑ Kaldaya.net: Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was seized as he left a church in the eastern al-Nour district, it added , February 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Vatican Radio : Iraq: Kidnapped Archbishop murdered , March 13, 2008
  4. ↑ Vatican Magazine : The purge will soon be completed v. Stefan von Kempis, Volume 3, Issue 1
  5. ↑ Source: US is sent severed fingers of Iraq kidnap victims ( English ) CNN . March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  6. ^ Funeral Mass for Iraqi archbishop ( English ) BBC . March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 15.
  7. ↑ Vatican Radio : Reports from March 15, 2008 - Iraqi persecution of Christians at its peak ( Memento from September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) March 15, 2008.
  8. ↑ Iraq: Church against death sentence for alleged bishop kidnappers . ORF . Retrieved May 20, 2008.
predecessor Office successor
Georges F. Garmou Archbishop of Mosul
2001-2008 		Emil Shimoun Nona
personal data
SURNAME Rahho, Paulos Faraj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paulos Faraj Raho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi clergyman, Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Mosul
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosul
DATE OF DEATH on February 29, 2008