Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans

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Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda
of the Chaldeans
Ordo Antonianus Santae Hormisdae Chaldaeorum (Latin)[1]
AbbreviationO.A.O.C. Post-nominal letters[2]
Formation1808; 213 years ago (1808)[3]
TypeMonastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)[4]
HeadquartersCouvent 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[]

  1. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  2. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  3. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  4. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  5. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  6. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  7. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm
  8. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm


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