Education
- Doctorate of Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences (E.O.D.), Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome (2007)
- Concentration: Eastern Liturgies
- Dissertation: “The Lenten Liturgy of the Hours in the Assyrian Church of the East: A Historico‐Liturgical Study,” defended with honours magna cum laude.
- Licentiate of Sacred Theology (T.L.), Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome (2001)
- Concentration: Eastern Liturgy
- Master’s Thesis: “The Commentary of Mar Abraham bar Lipheh (VIIIth century) on the Liturgy and Hours: Syriac Text, English Translation and Liturgical Study.”
- Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology (T.B.), University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein (1999)
- Concentration: Systematic Theology
- Bachelor’s Degree, Loyola University of Chicago (1997)
- Major: Theology
- Minor: Philosophy
Ecclesiastical Appointments
- Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East (December 2008 – Present)
- President of the Commission on Inter‐Church Relations and Educational Development (CIRED) (December 2008 – Present)
- Consultant in Syriac and East Syrian Liturgy to the Christian Library from Turfan Research Project (Sponsored by the AHRC and SOAS of the University of London) (December 2011 – Present)
- Member of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (October 2014)
- Co‐chair of the Commission for Bi‐Lateral Dialogue Between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (July 2015)
Ecclesiastical Ordinations/Assignments
- Ordained deacon on January 19, 1992, by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos‐Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Chicago (USA)
- Appointed to the “Literary Committee” of the Assyrian Church of the East, Chicago (USA) (1992‐1999)
- Ordained priest on May 23, 1999, by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos‐Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Chicago (USA)
- Associate Pastor and Parish School Chaplain at St. Mary’s Parish, Los Angeles, California (July 2005 – May 2006)
- Assigned Parish Priest to Mar Yosip Parish, San Jose, California (May 2006)
- Ordained Cor‐bishop on July 15, 2007, by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos‐Patriarch, Chicago (USA)
- Elected Bishop by the Holy Synod for the newly erected Diocese of California on October 30, 2008, Dohuk, Iraq
- Ordained Archdeacon on November 23, 2008, by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos‐Patriarch, San Jose, California
- Consecrated Bishop for the Diocese of California on November 30, 2008, by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos‐Patriarch, Modesto, California
- Consecrated Catholicos-Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East on September 13, 2021, on the Feast of the Holy Cross, in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist in Erbil, Iraq
