Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans
Ordo Antonianus Santae Hormisdae Chaldaeorum (Latin)[1] | |
Abbreviation | O.A.O.C. Post-nominal letters[2] |
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Formation | 1808[3] |
Type | Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)[4] |
Headquarters | Couvent Saint-Antoine, Baghdad, Al-Duorah, Iraq[5] |
Membership | 17 members (15 priests) as of 2018[6] |
Superior General | Rev. Fr. Samer Soreshow Yohanna, OAOC[7] |
Parent organization | Chaldean Catholic Church of the Chaldean Tradition |
The Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (Latin: Ordo Antonianus S. Hormisdæ Chaldæorum) is a Chaldean Catholic monastic order of Pontifical Right for men. Its members add the nominal letters O.A.O.C. to their names to indicate their membership in the Order.
History[]
The monastic order was founded in 1808. Its headquarters is in Saint-Antony convent, Baghdad, Al-Duorah province, Iraq.
Statistics[]
In 2018, it had 6 houses with 17 members including 15 priests.
Superiors general[]
(incomplete)[8]
- Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C. (? – 2013.07.11)
- Fr. Waheed K. Gabriele Tooma, O.A.O.C. (2013 – 2014)
- Fr. Joseph Abdel Sater, O.A.O.C. (2014 – 2016)
- Fr. Samer Soreshow Yohanna, O.A.O.C. ( 2016–present)
Prelates from their ranks[]
- Deceased, with year of death
- 1915 : Philip Yaʿqob Abrahamo, Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkish Kurdistan)
- 2006 : Abbot Yousif Ibrahim, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
- 2013: Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
Source and external links[]
References[]
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
Categories:
- Eastern Catholic orders and societies
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Eastern Catholicism stubs
- Iraq stubs