Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Grace, The Most Reverend
Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
Eparch Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
Church:Chaldean Catholic Church
Diocese:Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
Appointed:August 3, 1985
Retired:May 3, 2014
Predecessor:First Eparch
Successor:Francis Y. Kalabat,[1]
Ordination:December 30, 1962
Consecration:March 7, 1982
Consecrated By:Paul II Cheikho, Emmanuel III Delly, George Garmo, Stéphane Babaca, Stéphane Katchou, Abdul-Ahad Sana, and Abdul-Ahad Rabban
Birth Date:10 October 1937
Birth Place:Tel Keppe, Iraq
Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
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Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim (born October 1, 1937) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the Apostolic Exarch of United States of America from 1982 to 1985, and then, following its elevation, as the first eparch (bishop) of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, from 1985 until his retirement in 2014. Bishop Francis Y. Kalabat was named to succeed him as Eparch.

Biography

Born in Tel Keppe, Iraq to a Chaldo-Assyrian family in 1937, Ibrahim was later ordained a priest on December 30, 1962.

Ibrahim travelled to Rome in 1972 for Rome to study at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum earning a doctorate in theology in 1975.[2]

Pope John Paul II named him as the Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei and Apostolic Exarch of the United States of America on January 11, 1982. He was ordained a bishop by Patriarch Paul II Cheikho of the Chaldean Catholic Church on March 7, 1982. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishops Emmanuel-Karim Delly, Curial Bishop of Babylon, George Garmo of Mosul, Stéphane Babaca of Arbil, Stéphane Katchou of Basra, and Bishops Abdul-Ahad Sana of Alquoch and Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.A.O.C. of Aqrā. On August 3, 1985 Pope John Paul II elevated the Apostolic Exarchate to an Eparchy and Ibrahim was named its first bishop.[3] [4]

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  1. Web site: Rinunce e nomine . 2014-05-03 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503165941/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/03/0318/00698.html . dead .
  2. Web site: http://themichigancatholic.com/2013/01/bp-ibrahim-takes-satisfaction-in-chaldean-churchs-growth-in-u-s/ . themichigancatholic.com . 1 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Bishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-02-25.
  4. Web site: Chaldean Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit. Giga Catholic. 2014-02-25.