Hormisdas Etienne Djibri r ''Stephen Jibri (Mutran Estefan Jabri)', 1872–1953) was Archbishop of

Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...

, Sulaimaniya and Arbil of the

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from 1917 until his death in 1953. Making him the longest serving archbishop of the Chaldean church with 46 years of service.

Life

Hormisdas Etienne Djibri (Mutran Estefan Jabri) was born in

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

on 8 January 1872. He was ordained a

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on 4 June 1893. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Kirkuk and consecrated

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on 30 Nov 1902 by Patriarch

Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas Mar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (August 8, 1852 - July 21, 1947) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1900 until his death in 1947. Life He was born on August 8, 1852 in Alqosh, An ethniChaldeanref> he studied in the Ghazir Se ...

. On 31 August 1917, Archbishop Estefan Jabri succeeded Theodore Massaieh as Archbishop of Kirkuk. Following the first world war, he found refuge for those displaced by the conflict by leading them to the city of Ninevah (Mosul) and the northern Christian villages of Iraq, including Inkawa and Alqosh. He built the Church of Saint Joseph of Kirkuk, the Church of Saint Georgis of Inkawa, the Arbil Chaldean church and the church of Saint Mary in Shaklawa. He refurbished many of existing Chaldean churches as well as preserving the heritage of monasteries, including Rabban Hormiz. He died on 18 July 1953.

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