Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako

Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean)

Motto: Unity Authenticity Renewal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1949		Born
1 Jun 1974	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
24 Oct 2002	53.3	Selected	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
27 Sep 2003	54.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
14 Nov 2003	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
2010¹	60.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq
2013¹	63.4	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq
31 Jan 2013	63.5	Selected	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
31 Jan 2013	63.5	Selected	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Feb 2013	63.5	Confirmed	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Feb 2013	63.5	Confirmed	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
28 Jun 2018	68.9	Elevated to Cardinal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako
(born 4 Jul 1949)
Patriarch of Baghdad

Event Place
Birth Place Zākhō, Eparchy of Zaku (Chaldean)
Ordained Bishop Saint Hormizda of the Antonin Monks, Monastery, Mossul, Archeparchy of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Patriarchate of Baghdad (Chaldean).

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop André Sana †
Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Shlemon Warduni
Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei
Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho †
Archbishop of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop André Sana † (1957)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean)
Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima † (1925)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (1892)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan † (1874)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Joseph VI Audu † (1825)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Augustin Hindi † (1804)
Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean)
Bishop Isaie Jesu-Yab-Jean Guriel † (1795)
Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Youhanan VIII Hormez †
Archbishop of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P. (2014)
Archbishop Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali (2014)
Bishop Saad Sirop (2014)
Bishop Frank Yohana Kalabat (2014)
Bishop Emmanuel Hanna Shaleta (Challita) (2015)
Bishop Basel Salim Yaldo (2015)
Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P. (2019)
Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis (2019)
Bishop Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi (2020)
Bishop Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko † (2021)
Bishop Azad Sabri Shaba (2022)
Archbishop Sabri Anar (2023)
Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona (2010)
Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, C.Ss.R. (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zākhō, Eparchy of Zaku (Chaldean)
Ordained Bishop	Saint Hormizda of the Antonin Monks, Monastery, Mossul, Archeparchy of Mossul-Aqrā (Akra) (Chaldean)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/326129
VIAF: 310529360
WikiData: Q3986360

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Number 14,481
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 1 Feb 2013
card: Bollettino, 20 May 2018
bd: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 87*

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