Archbishop Yacoub Denha Scher †

Deceased

Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1934		Born
10 Jun 1960	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Jan 2001	66.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
16 Feb 2001	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Jan 2005	70.7	Died	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

MicroData Summary
Yacoub Denha Scher
Archbishop Yacoub Denha Scher
(born 7 Apr 1934, died 8 Jan 2005)
Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil}

Event Place
Birth Place Shaklawa
Ordained Bishop Baghdad, Archeparchy of Baghdad (Chaldean)

a priest for 44.5 years
a bishop for 3.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Raphaël I Bidawid †
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Sana †
Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean)
Bishop Abdul-Ahad Sana †
Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Raphaël I Bidawid † (1957)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q9383289

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,908
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)

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