The archbishop is Archbishop Yousif Abba, appointed in 2011. Paulos Faraj Rahho, the archbishop of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, was abducted on February 29 after gunmen attacked his car and killed his driver and two guards. It has jurisdiction over three parishes of 2,500 Latin Rite Catholics who live throughout Iraq.
The drone attack was the lead news story in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, Jan. 3: "The raid last night was only the latest episode in a long escalation of tensions culminating in the attack Dec. 31 of a crowd of demonstrators on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad." An Archbishop from Baghdad has warned of how fear is continuing to drive Christians out of Iraq - but went on to highlight new signs of hope. Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman of Baghdad will speak about the plight of Christians in Iraq and the Middle East at 4 p.m. Monday (July 26) in the University of Notre Dame Law School courtroom.p. By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Online One of Iraq's most senior archbishops has sharply criticised the US for its administration of Baghdad. In a very frank and forthright assessment of the crisis in Iraq given at Aid to the Church in Need UK's annual Westminster Event on Saturday, Archbishop Jean Sleiman said a "paralysing fear" is still gripping the country's Christian communities. The Archeparchy of Baghdad is an archiepiscopal see of the Syriac Catholic Church in Iraq. Archbishop of Baghdad, Kuwait, and Dependencies Recovers in London Hospital. Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert telling Americans to "depart Iraq immediately, via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land." Iraqi Christians 'should emigrate' Jump to media player An archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in London has called on fellow Christians to quit Iraq, following an attack on a church in Baghdad. Rome, Italy, Jul 16, 2009 / 03:12 am MT ().-In the wake of attacks on eight churches in Baghdad and Mosul, Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman of Baghdad … Date Age Event Title; 30 Jun 1946: Born: 8 Dec 1973: 27.4: Ordained Priest: Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites: 29 Nov 2000: 54.4: Appointed: Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq: 20 Jan 2001: 54.5: Ordained Bishop : Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq: MicroData Summary for Jean Benjamin Sleiman Archbishop Jean …
Two days ago, Australia, the US and other countries began evacuating staff and officials from their embassies in Baghdad. Your prayers are requested for Metropolitan CONSTANTINE (Papastephanou) of the Archdiocese of Baghdad, Kuwait and Dependencies, a senior and highly esteemed member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, who has been in hospital in London, England.