Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil

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
Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil in the centre
ChurchSyriac Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination7 Jun 1964
by Qurellus Emanuel Bunni
Consecration9 Nov 1986
by Ignatius Antony II Hayyek
Personal details
Born(1938-11-18)November 18, 1938
DiedDecember 3, 2012(2012-12-03) (aged 74)
Rome, Italy
NationalityIraqi
DenominationSyriac Catholic
Alma materPontifical 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]

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