Francis Y. Kalabat

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His Grace, The Most Reverend Francis Yohana Kalabat
Eparch of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
Ordination of Bishop Francis Y. Kalabat. June 14, 2014
Church	Chaldean Catholic Church
Diocese	Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit
Appointed	May 5, 2014[1]
Installed	June 14, 2014
Predecessor	Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
Other post(s)	Apostolic Administrator Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto
Orders
Ordination	July 5, 1995 by Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
Consecration	June 14, 2014 by Louis Raphaël I Sako, Allen Henry Vigneron and Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim
Personal details
Birth name	Frank Kalabat
Born	(1970-05-13) May 13, 1970 (age 51) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Denomination	Chaldean Catholic
Motto	Blessed be the name of Jesus, both now and forever. Amen.

Styles of Francis Yohana Kalabat
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Eparch

Francis Yohana Kalabat (born May 13, 1970) is a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in the United States and serves the over 150,000 Chaldo-Assyrians in the Detroit area.

Life[]

He began undergraduate (philosophy) studies at the University of San Diego's Saint Francis de Sales Center for Priestly Formation, in San Diego County, California. Subsequently, he began the requisite graduate theological training for the Chaldean Catholic priesthood at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, in Detroit, Michigan. Ordained a priest on July 5, 1995, he was appointed Parochial Vicar (Associate Pastor) of Mother of God Church in Southfield, Michigan, the city where the Eparchy has its cathedral. Since 2001, Eparch Kalabat has been Pastor of Saint Thomas Church in West Bloomfield, Director of Vocations for the Eparchy, and has been involved with the Center for Re-Evangelization. He speaks Arabic, English and Aramaic, and also knows Spanish. He received his episcopal ordination, and was installed as Eparch on June 14, 2014.

On August 9, 2017, Pope Francis named Kalabat as administrator of Eparchy of Addai of Toronto.^[2]

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Further reading[]

• Wong Barnstead, Elizabeth (12 May 2014). "Chaldean Bishop-Elect Both Humble and Dedicated". The Michigan Catholic.

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