The death of the Chaldean Archbishop Jack Isaac

22 June 2023 Erbil

He was born in Mosul on February 27,1938 ( his origins are from Alqosh), in 1951 he entered  Saint John seminary. He was ordained priest in 1963 and was sent to Rome to study at the Institute of Eastern Studies (liturgy) and he obtained his PhD in Liturgy in 1970. Upon his return to Iraq, he taught at Saint John Seminary (in 1973). He went to Baghdad to serve as a priest in The Virgin Mary church-Palestine Street district. He taught liturgy at Saint Peter Seminary and managed the topic of liturgy at the Babel Pontifical College for theology and philosophy. In 1997, he was elected as Bishop for the Diocese of Irbil. From 2001 until 2014, he was appointed as Rector of Babel Pontifical College and the Catechists Institute. Since 1972, he has been the responsible publisher of the cultural magazine “Bayen Al-Nahrain”, and editor- in- chief of “Nagim Al-Masriq” magazine (since its inception in 1995). In 2003, he was the General Patriarchal representative for cultural affairs .Bishop Ishaq has published many books specialising on the topic of Liturgy such as: The Chaldean Mass, The Liturgy of Marriage, Baptism, Marriage Ceremonies in the Liturgy of the Church of the East, Liturgical prayers throughout the Year, Burial Ceremonies and many more articles..     

AB Habib Jajou