Jibrail Kassab
Bishop
TitleArchbishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
SeeEparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
SuccessorAmel Shimoun Nona
Ordination19 January 1961
Consecration5 May 1996
Consecrated byRaphaël I Bidawid
Birth date4 August 1938
Birth placeTel Keppe, Kingdom of Iraq
Previous postArchbishop of Basra
Ended15 January 2015
Began21 October 2006

Jibrail Kassab (born 4 August 1938) is an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch who served as Chaldean Eparch of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney from 2006 to 2015.[1]

Biography

Kassab was born in Tel Keppe, Iraq,[2] to an Assyrian family. He was ordained a priest on 19 January 1961. Following 35 years of service in the priesthood, he was elevated to the episcopate by the then Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Mar Raphael I Bidawid. Upon his installation, his first post was Archeparc of Basra.

Following the difficult plight of Iraq's Chaldean Christians during the Iraq War, Pope Benedict XVI transferred Kassab to a safer area and created the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney to cover all of Australia and New Zealand; he installed Kassab as its eparch in 2006.

References

  1. ^ "Chaldean Catholics have moment of joy". The Catholic Leader. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
  2. ^ "بطاقة تعريف بالاساقفة الناخبين لاختيار بطريرك كنيسة المشرق الكلدانية وبحسب اسبقية الرسامة الاسقفية!" (in Arabic). Ishtar TV. Retrieved 13 April 2026.