Timothy Attar
Timotheus Attar (born February 2, 1832 in Diyarbakır / Ottoman Empire ; † October 6, 1891 ibid) was a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church .
Life
Abdel-Massih Attar studied at the College of the Propaganda Congregation in Rome from 1854 to 1861 . When he was ordained a priest , he took the name Peter. In 1869 he was elected Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Diyarbakır and in 1870, during the First Vatican Council , in Rome by Patriarch Joseph VI. Audo (1848–1878) ordained . As bishop he bore the name Timothy and the personal title of archbishop . In 1873 he resigned from his post, but was in the same year as bishop of Mardin ordered . During the vacancy after Audo's death, he worked as a patriarchal administrator. In 1883 he resigned again and went to his hometown Diyarbakır. In 1887 he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome. From 1888 he stayed in the Orient again. He died at the age of 59. His successor on the Chaldean Catholic cathedra of Mardin was Elias Mellus .
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| SURNAME | Attar, Timothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Diyarbakır |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1891 |
| Place of death | Diyarbakır |