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Jacques Ishaq

1938 – 2023

Chaldean archbishop

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Lived 1938 – 2023 (aged 85). Jacques Ishaq was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.

Archbishop Mar Jacques Ishaq (; 25 February 1938 – 22 June 2023) was an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch who served as Curial Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon. He served as locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans between the retirement of Emmanuel III Delly in December 2012 and the election of Louis Raphaël I Sako in January 2013.

Biography Jacques Ishaq was born at Mosul, Kingdom of Iraq on 25 February 1938, but in family that hailed from Alqosh. He was ordained priest on 20 June 1963. On 7 May 1997, he was appointed Archbishop of Erbil; he was consecrated bishop on 26 September 1997, by Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid, Archbishop André Sana, and Bishop Emmanuel Delly. He retired on 4 May 1999.

On 21 December 2005, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei and Curial Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon.

Upon the retirement of Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Delly, he served as locum tenens of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans until the election of Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako. In 2014 he retired as Curial Bishop of Babylon.

Ishaq died on 22 June 2023, at the age of 85.

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Catholic archbishop, Titular archbishop
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Archbishop Mar Jacques Ishaq

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Who was Jacques Ishaq?

Chaldean archbishop

When was Jacques Ishaq born?

Jacques Ishaq was born on 25 February 1938 in Mosul.

When did Jacques Ishaq die?

Jacques Ishaq died on 22 June 2023.

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Jacques Ishaq was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.

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· Wikipedia: Jacques Ishaq

· Wikidata: Q1678004

· DBpedia: Jacques Ishaq

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