Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil (Syriac: ܝܘܠܝܘܣ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܓܡܝܠ, Arabic: يوليوس ميخائيل الجميل) (November 18, 1938 – December 3, 2012) was the Syriac Catholic titular archbishop of Tagritum and the auxiliary bishop.[1]
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil | |
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Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 Jun 1964 by Qurellus Emanuel Bunni |
Consecration | 9 Nov 1986 by Ignatius Antony II Hayyek |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | December 3, 2012 Rome, Italy | (aged 74)
Nationality | Iraqi |
Denomination | Syriac Catholic |
Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
Life
He was born in Bakhdida and joined the nearby Mar Behnam Monastery at a young age. After ordination to the priesthood in 1969, he moved to Lebanon where he spent several years in the Charafet monastery, the seat of the Syriac Catholic Church.[2][3]
He was ordained honorary archbishop of Tikrit in 1986 and later spent several years in Europe where he received his doctorate from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome for his thesis on Christian communities under Islamic rule.[3]
He died of a stroke in Rome on December 3, 2012, and was buried in his birthplace in Iraq.[4]