Archbishop Djibrail Kassab

Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1938		Born
19 Jan 1961	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
24 Oct 1995	57.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
5 May 1996	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Oct 2006	68.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
15 Jan 2015	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia

MicroData Summary
Djibrail Kassab
Archbishop Djibrail Kassab
(born 4 Aug 1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

Ad Limina - January 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Telkef

Please contact the Archbishop through the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Raphaël I Bidawid †
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges F. Garmou †
Archbishop of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)
Archbishop Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †
Titular Archbishop of Kaskar dei Caldie
Archbishop Hanna Markho †
Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean)
Bishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Raphaël I Bidawid † (1957)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima † (1925)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (1892)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan † (1874)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Joseph VI Audu † (1825)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Augustin Hindi † (1804)
Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean)
Bishop Isaie Jesu-Yab-Jean Guriel † (1795)
Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Youhanan VIII Hormez †
Archbishop of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1232170

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 21 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,746
r: Bollettino, 15 Jan 2015

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