Chaldean Synod Elects Khuroyo Sabri Anar as Archbishop of Omid Archdiocese

The Chaldean Synod has elected Khuroyo Sabri Anar as archbishop of the Chaldean Archdiocese in Omid (Diyarbakir), Turkey, to succeed the retired Mor Ramzi Karmo. According to the report, the newly elected archbishop was installed by Pope Francis.

Archbishop Anar was born and raised in the village of Baznai in Hakkari, on January 1, 1966. He joined the Capuchin priests institute in Istanbul and completed the preliminary stage there. He then moved to the Patriarchal Priestly Institute in Baghdad, Iraq, where he studied philosophy and theology from 1985 to 1990. His family migrated to France along with most of the Christian families who had lived in southern Turkey.

He was ordained a priest at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Paris by the late Archbishop John Isay, then Archbishop of Tehran. He was entrusted with serving the Chaldean community with Turkish roots in Sarcelles, France, and in 2017 Chaldean Patriarch Mor Louis Raphael Sako assigned him as Khuroyo. He continued his pastoral studies at the Catholic Institute in Paris.

During his time in France, he oversaw the construction of a nursing home as well as a primary and preparatory school, work that reflects care for the elderly and the education of young people (Isaiah 58:7).

The seat of the Chaldean Archdiocese of Omid (Diyarbakir) is located in Istanbul, Turkey.

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