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Also known as Paul Faraj Rahho, he lived almost his entire life in Mosul, which is home to a large, and long established community of Chaldean Catholic christians. He studied to become a priest at St. Peter's junior, and major, seminary in [[Baghdad]], and after a brief spell working there after his ordination in 1965, he was appointed to St Isaiah's Church, in Mosul.<ref name="timesobit" /> |
Also known as Paul Faraj Rahho, he lived almost his entire life in Mosul, which is home to a large, and long established community of Chaldean Catholic christians. He studied to become a priest at St. Peter's junior, and major, seminary in [[Baghdad]], and after a brief spell working there after his ordination in 1965, he was appointed to St Isaiah's Church, in Mosul.<ref name="timesobit" /> |
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He expressed disquiet at the moves to incorporate [[Sharia law]] more fundamentally into the Iraqi constitution, and continued throughout his life to lead workship in difficult situations. |
He expressed disquiet at the moves to incorporate [[Sharia law]] more fundamentally into the Iraqi constitution, and continued throughout his life to lead workship in difficult situations. During his trip to Rome, he confided that he had been threatened by gunmen in his native town.<ref name="timesobit" /> |
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==Kidnapping and death== |
==Kidnapping and death== |
Revision as of 23:10, 13 March 2008
Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho (Arabic: بولص فرج رحو) (born 1942, died c. March, 2008) was the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul[1], an area in Iraq.
Life and Work
Also known as Paul Faraj Rahho, he lived almost his entire life in Mosul, which is home to a large, and long established community of Chaldean Catholic christians. He studied to become a priest at St. Peter's junior, and major, seminary in Baghdad, and after a brief spell working there after his ordination in 1965, he was appointed to St Isaiah's Church, in Mosul.[1]
He expressed disquiet at the moves to incorporate Sharia law more fundamentally into the Iraqi constitution, and continued throughout his life to lead workship in difficult situations. During his trip to Rome, he confided that he had been threatened by gunmen in his native town.[1]
Kidnapping and death
Late on February 29 2008, according to a report given by the Catholic News Service, Archbishop Rahho was kidnapped from his car; his bodyguards and driver were killed.[2] On 13 March 2008, it was reported that the Archbishop's body had been found buried near Mosul.[3] The cause of death has not yet been confirmed, and The BBC have speculated that the archbishop's ill health may have been a factor[4]. CNN state that the investigators believe the archbishop may have been shot at the time of the kidnapping, on February 29 2008, when his driver and two security guards were killed .[5]
References
- ^ a b c [1] Archbishop Paul Faraj Rahho: The Times obituary. March 14, 2008.
- ^ *CNS Story: Kidnappers take Iraqi Archbishop, Kill his three companions
- ^ "Kidnapped Iraqi archbishop dead", BBC News, 13 March 2008.
- ^ Christians Beseiged in Iraq - bbc.co.uk, retrieved 14th March 2008.
- ^ "Source: U.S. sent severed fingers of Iraq kidnap victims ", CNN, 13 March 2008.