Archdiocese of the Western USA


Bishops of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

Living Prelates

 #

Prelate

Date of Birth

Date of Consecration

Diocese

Ordained by

1

Mor Dionysius Behnam Jajjawi

August 22. 1925

March 01. 1959

Retired

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

2

Mor Athanasius Aphrem Barsom

1932 

December 12. 1965

Patriarchal Counselor

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

3

Mor Gregorios Saliba Shamoun

September 14. 1932

August 03. 1969

Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

4

Mor Severius Jamil Hawa

April 14. 1931

October 18. 1970

Archdiocese of Baghdad & Basra, Iraq

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

5

Mor Timotheos Aphrem aboudi

January 01. 1930

January 09. 1972 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Canada

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

6

Mor Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim

August 18. 1965

March 04. 1979

Archdiocese of Aleppo, Syria

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

7

Mor Philexinos Matta Shamoun

August 19. 1965

November 25. 1979

Retired

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III

8

Mor Theophilos George Saliba

March 31. 1945

February 08. 1981

Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

9

Mor Severius Isaac Saka

1931

February 22. 1981

 

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

10

Mor Timotheos Samuel Aktas

January 01. 1945

February 10. 1985

Archdiocese of Tur'abdin, Turkey

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

11

Mor Philexinos Yusuf Cetin

August 20. 1954

September 28. 1986

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Istanbul & Ankara, Turkey

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

12

Mor Julius Abdulahad Shabo

March 08. 1951

May 03. 1987

Archdiocese of Sweden & Scandinavian Countries

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

13

Mor Eustatheos Matta Rohum

November 24. 1956

July 01. 1990

Archdiocese of Jazirah & Euphrates, Syria

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

14

Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan

December 27. 1955

April 12. 1991

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Western
USA

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

15

Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim

1965

January 28. 1996 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Eastern
USA

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

16

Mor Dioscoros Benjamin Atas

January 03. 1964

February 11. 1996 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Sweden

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

17

Mor Dionysius Isa Gurbuz

January 01. 1963

September 15. 1996 

Patriarchal Vicariate of Switzerland & Austria

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

18

Mor Severius Malke Murad

February 05. 1965

September 15. 1996 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Jerusalem & Jordan

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

19

Mor Silvanus Petros Issa Al-nemeh

September 04. 1968

December 12. 1999 

Archdiocese of Homs & Hama, Syria

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

20

Mor Philexinos Saliba Ozmen

November 01, 1964

February 09. 2003 

Archdiocese of Mardin, Turkey

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

21

Mor Athanasius  Elia Bahi

August 28. 1973

February 09. 2003 

Patriarchal Assistant

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

22

Mor Meletius Malke Malke

January 03. 1971

September 07. 2003 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Australia & New Zealand

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

23

Mor Nicholas Matti Y. Abdalahad

 April 06. 1970

April 17. 2005 

Patriarchal Vicariate of Argentina

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

24

Mor Yostinos Paulos Safar

 1971

April 17. 2005 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Zahle & Beqa', Lebanon

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

25

Mor  Timotheos Mousa A. Shamani

 1966

December 16. 2005 

 Archdiocese of Mor Matta, Iraq

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

26

Mor Severius Hazail Issa Soumi

 November 05, 1965 

February 12, 2006 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Belgium & France

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

27

Mor Athanasius Touma Dakkama

1968

 December 03. 2006 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
United Kingdom

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

28

Mor Gregorius Malki Ürek

1959

 December 10, 2006 

Patriarchal Vicariate of
Ad
ıyaman

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

29

Mor Philexinos Mattias Nayis

 January 24. 1977

January 07. 2007 

Patriarchal Assistant of Patriarchal Institutions, Lebanon & St. Ephrem Seminary, Syria

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

30

Mor Julius Hanna Aydin

April 02. 1947

 February 18, 2007 

Patriarchal Vicariate of Germany

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

31

Mor Clemis Daniel Malak Kourieh

Aug. 27, 1972

 February 18, 2007 

Archdiocese of Beirut, Lebanon

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

32

Mor Polycarpos Awgin Aydin

 June 10. 1971

April 15, 2007 

Patriarchal Vicariate of Netherlands

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

33

Mor  Iwanis Paulos Alsuki

 February 02. 1952

 April 01. 1990 

Patriarchal Vicariate of Damascus, Syria

HH Mor Ignatius Zakka I

34

 

 

 

 

 

 Deceased Prelates from 2004-2006

#

Prelate's Name

Date of Birth

Ordained by & Date

Date of Demise

Entombed at

1.

Mor Eustathius Benjamin Joseph

June 24. 1949

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
October 07. 1984

June 17. 2004

Manjanikkara Mor Ignatius Dayro, India

2.

Mor Severius Saliba Touma

November 21. 1969

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
May 14. 2000

July 27. 2004

St. George's Church
Zahle,
Lebanon

3. Mor Meletius Barnaba

October 1922 

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ephrem Barsoum
April 07. 1957

November 18. 2004

St. Mary's Church
(Um Al-Zunnar)
Homs, Syria

4. Mor Kurillos Markose

October 06, 1946 

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
January 14. 2001

May 30. 2005

St. Mary's Church, Pangada

Kerala, India

5. Mor Julius Isa Cicek

January 01, 1941 

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III
June 24. 1979

October 29. 2005

St. Ephrem Monastery,  
St. Mary's Church,
Holland

6. Mor Dioscoros Luke Shaya

February 10, 1929 

HH Mor Ignatius Yakoub III
December 01. 1963

September 22. 2006

Mor Matta Monastery, Iraq


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