Yousif Abba
Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (born June 18, 1951, Bakhdida, Iraq) is a Syriac Catholic cleric and the current archbishop of Baghdad.
Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq | |
| Elected | June 26, 2010 |
| In office | 2011 – Present |
| Predecessor | Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 30, 1978 by Emmanuel Daddi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 18, 1951 Bakhdida, Iraq |
Life
Abba received his priestly ordination from Emmanuel Daddi, the former Archbishop of Mosul, on June 30, 1978. He was the chancellor of the Syriac Catholic Church leadership of the United States and Canada.
He was elected Archbishop of Baghdad on June 26, 2010 by the Holy Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI consented to the election on March 1, 2011.[1] The Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Ignatius Joseph III Younan, sponsored his episcopal ordination on April 16 of the same year. His Co-Consecrators were his predecessors, Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka, Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, and the curia Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch, and the emeritus Archbishop of Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa.
See also
References
External links
- "bishop/babbay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. [self-published]
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka |
Archbishop of Baghdad 2011 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |