Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim | |
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Eparch Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit | |
Church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Diocese | Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit |
Appointed | August 3, 1985 |
Retired | May 3, 2014 |
Predecessor | First Eparch |
Successor | Francis Y. Kalabat, [1] |
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Ordination | December 30, 1962 |
Consecration | March 7, 1982 by Paul II Cheikho, Emmanuel III Delly, George Garmo, Stéphane Babaca, Stéphane Katchou, Abdul-Ahad Sana, and Abdul-Ahad Rabban |
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Spoken style | His Grace |
Religious style | Eparch |
Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim (born October 1, 1937) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the Apostolic Exarch of United States of America from 1982 to 1985, and then, following its elevation, as the first eparch (bishop) of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, from 1985 until his retirement in 2014. Bishop Francis Y. Kalabat was named to succeed him as Eparch.
Born in Tel Keppe, Iraq to a Chaldo-Assyrian family in 1937, Ibrahim was later ordained a priest on December 30, 1962.
Ibrahim travelled to Rome in 1972 for Rome to study at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum earning a doctorate in theology in 1975. [2]
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