Jacques Behnan Hindo (8 August 1941 – 6 June 2021) was a Turkish bishop of the

Syriac Catholic Church The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Christianity ...

. He served as Archeparch of Al Hasakah from 1996 to 2019.

Biography

Hindo was born in

İdil İdil ( syr, ܐܙܟ, Azakh, or ''Beth Zabday'', ku, Hezex, ar, آزخ, Azekh) is a city and district in Şırnak Province in southeastern Turkey. It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin. In the city, there is a Syriac Orthodox C ...

, Turkey on 8 August 1941. He was ordained as a priest on 4 May 1969 in the Archeparchy of Al-Hasakah-Nisibi. In June 1996, he was nominated to be Archeparch of Al Hasakah-Nisibis and was consecrated on 19 June 1997 by

Patriarch of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...

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. During the Syrian Civil War, he actively informed the press on the abuses of

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and the Syrian government. He also expressed disagreement with the military actions of

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. Hindo retired on 22 June 2019 and was succeeded by Joseph Shamil. Jacques Behnan Hindo died in Paris on 6 June 2021 at the age of 79.

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