Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil (; ; November 18, 1938 – December 3, 2012) was a

Syriac Catholic The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' (self-governing) particular church that is in full communion with the Holy See and with the entirety of the Catholic Church. Originating in the Levant, it uses the West Syriac R ...

prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the

Patriarchate of Antioch The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (, , from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has ...

from 1986 until his death in 2012.

Life

He was born in

Bakhdida Qaraqosh (; (official name), or , also known as al-Ḥamdāniyya or Qara-Qūš; a Turkic placename meaning "Black Bird") is an Assyrian city in the Nineveh Governorate, of Iraq located about southeast of the city of Mosul and west of Erbil a ...

and joined the nearby

Mar Behnam Monastery Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah (, , ''Mar Behnam Monastery''), is a Syriac Catholic monastery in northern Iraq in the village Khidr Ilyas close to the town of Beth Khdeda. The tomb of Mar Benham was heavily damaged on Mar ...

at a young age. After ordination to the priesthood in 1969, he moved to Lebanon where he spent several years in the Charafet monastery, the seat of the Syriac Catholic Church. He was ordained honorary archbishop of

Tikrit Tikrit ( ) is a city in Iraq, located northwest of Baghdad and southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. In 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000. Originally created as a f ...

in 1986 and later spent several years in Europe where he received his doctorate from the

Pontifical Lateran University The Pontifical Lateran University (; ), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. The university ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

for his thesis on Christian communities under Islamic rule. He died of a stroke in Rome on December 3, 2012, and was buried in his birthplace in Iraq.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamil, Jules Mikhael 1938 births 2012 deaths People from Bakhdida Pontifical Lateran University alumni Iraqi Eastern Catholics Syriac Catholic bishops 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic archbishops