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Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans

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The Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans is a Chaldean Catholic (Eastern Catholic, Chaldean Rite) Monastic Order of Pontifical Right for men.

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History

The monastic order was founded in 1808. Its headquarters are in Saint-Antony convent, P.O. Box 12012, Baghdad, Al-Duorah province, Iraq.

Statistics

In 2012, it had 6 houses with 40 members, including 21 priests.

Superiors general

(incomplete)

  • Denha H. Toma (? - ?)

    • Prelates from their ranks

    Deceased, by year of death
  • 1915 : Philip Yaʿqob Abrahamo, Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkish Kurdistan)
  • 2006 : Abbot Yousif Ibrahim, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
  • 2013: Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

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    Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans Wikipedia
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