Philippe-Jacques Abraham
| Philippe-Jacques Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of the Diocese of Gazireh | |
| See | Diocese of Gazireh |
| In office | 10 Feb 1882—August 28, 1915 |
| Predecessor | Joseph VI Audo |
| Successor | Suppressed |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1873 |
| Consecration |
10 Feb 1882 by Joseph VI Audo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 3, 1848 Telkef |
| Died |
28 August 1915 (aged 67) Cizre |
Mar Philippe-Jacques Abraham (Syriac: ܐܒܪܗܡ ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ ܝܥܩܘܒ) (Orahim Pillipus Yaqub) (January 3, 1848 – August 28, 1915) was an ethnic Assyrian bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church.[1]
He was born in Telkef in 1848. He joined the Rabban Hormizd Monastery at a young age where he pursued his clerical studies and was ordained as a bishop of the Syrian Malabr Church in India in 25 July 1875. Seven years later he was consecrated as a bishop for the Chaldeans of the Jazira region by Joseph VI Audo.[2]
During the Assyrian Genocide he tried to ask for protection from a Muslim Agha to spare the city's Christians. His efforts were ultimately futile and he was arrested by the Ottoman authorities on 21 August 1915. The authorities had him executed a week later alongside the Syriac Catholic bishop Flavianus Michael Malke[3] and his body was dragged in the town's streets.[4][5]
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Notes
- ↑ "Bishop Philippe-Jacques Abraham, O.A.O.C. †". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ↑ نوري إيشوع, مندو. بازبداي أبرشية الجزيرة العمرية في تاريخ الكنيسة الكلدانية (in Arabic). chaldeaneurope.org. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ↑ Rhétoré, Jacques "Les chrétiens aux bêtes: souvenirs de la guerre sainte proclamée..," Cerf, 2005. Pages 290, 316, 321. ISBN 2-204-07243-5
- ↑ يوسف, جزراوي. استشهاد ابرشية الجزيرة ومطرانها الكلداني (in Arabic). Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ↑ كرسي أبرشية ماردين (in Arabic). Archbishopric of Syrian Catholic Church in Aleppo. Retrieved March 29, 2012.