Yusuf Sağ (born 1934 in

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) is the

Syriac Catholic The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Christian jurisdiction originating in t ...

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, who served as the Patriarchal Exarch of the Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey since 1991 until his retirement on 2 July 2017.

Life

After primary studies, Yusuf Sağ studied

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and

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and received his ordination to the priesthood on 14 February 1964. He was pastor from 1964 to 1970 in

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and Diyarbakir, a

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base. In 1985 he was appointed patriarchal vicar and in 1987 he was appointed

, a priest with episcopal dignity.Luigi Padovese: ''Christen in der Türkei: Geschichte und Gegenwart.''
(PDF; 60 kB) S. 7 In 1991 Sağ was appointed patriarchal exarch in Turkey.

Titles as clergyman

Yusuf Sağ was Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey, based in

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, previously Mardin. He was a member of the Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference as a representative of the unified Syriac Catholic Church and president of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue. erder correspondence 57 (2003), Issue 11, pp. 568-572/ref> Yusuf Sağ to time was the only Turkish cleric of the

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References

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