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Jibrail Kassab

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Predecessor
  
None

Successor
  
(Incumbent)


Name
  
Jibrail Kassab

Ordination
  
January 19, 1961

See
  
Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

In office
  
21 October 2006—present

Previous post
  
Archbishop of BasraArchbishop of Basra

Jibrail Kassab (born 5 August 1938) is a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church who presides over the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney in Australia. He has been the bishop of this diocese since its inception on 21 October 2006. His bishopric is currently based at St Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church, Bossley Park, New South Wales. Kassab was born in Tel Keppe, Iraq, to an Chaldean 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 to serve as archbishop of the Archeparchy 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 a diocese in Sydney that would cover all of Australia and New Zealand. He installed Kassab as its head prelate, a post he still holds today.

Episcopal lineage

Archbishop Jibrail Kassab was Co-Consecrated By:

  • Archbishop Georges Garmo
  • References

    Jibrail Kassab Wikipedia


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