Yohanna Petros Mouche Explained

Yohanna Petros Mouche
Birth Date:November 23, 1943
Birth Place:Bakhdida, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Occupation:Clergyman

Yohanna Petros Mouche (born November 23, 1943) is an Iraqi Syriac Catholic prelate. He serves as the Archbishop of Mosul.

Early life

Yohanna Petros Mouche was born on November 23, 1943, in Bakhdida, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.[1] He was ordained as a priest on June 6, 1968.[1]

Career

Mouche was elected as the Archbishop of Mosul in 2011.[1]

In August 2011, he blamed the bombing of the Holy Family Church in Kirkuk on government infighting, concluding that officials were too busy arguing among themselves to keep the country safe.[2]

In August 2014, he visited Christian refugees in Soran, Kurdistan[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. December 25, 2016.
  2. News: IRAK L'archevêque de Mossoul veut plus de sécurité pour les chrétiens. December 25, 2016. La Croix. August 8, 2011.
  3. News: VIDEO. Irak : le chemin de croix de l'archevêque de Mossoul. December 25, 2016. Le Parisien. August 23, 2014.