Jibrail Kassab
| Jibrail Kassab | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney | |
| See | Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney |
| Installed | 21 October 2006 |
| Term ended | 15 January 2015 |
| Successor | Amel Shimoun Nona |
| Previous post | Archbishop of Basra |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 January 1961 |
| Consecration | 5 May 1996 by Raphaël I Bidawid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1938 Tel Keppe, Kingdom of Iraq |
Jibrail Kassab (born 4 August 1938) is an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch who served as Chaldean Eparch of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney from 2006 to 2015.[1]
Biography
Kassab was born in Tel Keppe, Iraq,[2] to an Assyrian family. He was ordained a priest on 19 January 1961. Following 35 years of service in the priesthood, he was elevated to the episcopate by the then Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Mar Raphael I Bidawid. Upon his installation, his first post was Archeparc of Basra.
Following the difficult plight of Iraq's Chaldean Christians during the Iraq War, Pope Benedict XVI transferred Kassab to a safer area and created the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney to cover all of Australia and New Zealand; he installed Kassab as its eparch in 2006.
References
- Back to citation "Chaldean Catholics have moment of joy". The Catholic Leader. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- Back to citation "بطاقة تعريف بالاساقفة الناخبين لاختيار بطريرك كنيسة المشرق الكلدانية وبحسب اسبقية الرسامة الاسقفية!". Ishtar TV (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
External links
- Kaldu.org – Eparchy of St Peter the Apostle website
- Catholic Hierarchy.org
- GCatholic.org Website