Former Chaldean Diocese of

Gazireh

Turkiye Turkiye

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Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gazireh / Alta Gezira / Gezira / Jaziren(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin)

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History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Gazireh (Chaldean Rite)

Fr. Giordano de Rudder, O.P.
(1941 – 1946)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1941 – 1946)

Bishop Gabriel Naamo
(Apostolic Administrator 1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)

Bishop Philip Yaʿqob Abrahamo, O.A.O.C.
(1882.02.10 – 1915.08.26)

Born:1848.01.03 (Turkiye)
Died:1915.08.26 († 67)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1882.02.10 – 1915.08.26)

Bishop Eliya Abulyonan [Abbo-Alyonan] (later Patriarch)
(1874 – 1878.07.26)

Born:1840 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1865
Consecrated Bishop:1874.05.24
Died:1894.06.27 († 53)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1874 – 1878.07.26)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1878.07.26] 1879.02.28 – 1894.06.27)

Bishop Jerome Paul Hindi
(1852 – 1873)

Consecrated Bishop:1852.02.23
Died:1873

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1852 – 1873)

Bishop Basile Mansur Asmar
(1842 – 1851)

Born:1789 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1819
Consecrated Bishop:1824.04.21
Died:1852 († 63)

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1824 – 1828)

Bishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1828 – 1842)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1842 – 1851)

Bishop Giwargis Peter de Natali
(1833 – 1842)

Died:1867.08.13

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1833 – 1842)

Bishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1842 – 1867.08.13)

Bishop Hnan Jesu
(1785 – 1826?)

Died:1826?

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1785 – 1826?)

Bishop Giovanni
(1747 – 1776)

Died:1776

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1747 – 1776)

Bishop Giuseppe
(1711 – 1747)

Died:1747

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1711 – 1747)

Bishop Ebed Jesu
(1672 – 1710)

Died:1710

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1672 – 1710)

Bishop Simone Giuseppe
(1636 – 1672?)

Died:1672?

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1636 – 1672?)

Bishop Giuseppe
(1600 – 1635 deposed)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1600 – 1635 deposed)

Bishop Gabriele Elia
(1567 – 1600)

Died:1600

Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1567 – 1600)

Last updated on 2024.04.30

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