Archbishop Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P.

Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1949		Born
26 Mar 1980	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Jun 2013	63.9	Selected	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
11 Jan 2014	64.5	Confirmed	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
24 Jan 2014	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

MicroData Summary
Yousif Thomas Mirkis
Archbishop Yousif Thomas Mirkis O.P.
(born 21 Jun 1949)
Archbishop of Kerkūk

Ad Limina - February 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mossoul

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Kerkūk (Chaldean).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Shlemon Warduni
Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei
Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.
Archbishop of Baghdad

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako (2003)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Archbishop André Sana † (1957)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (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):

VIAF: 306321317
WikiData: Q15855322

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Jan 2014
ob: CB, 11 Jan 2014
c2+: CB, 24 Jan 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,074

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