Mar Sargis Yousip is the

Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, is an Eastern Christianity, Eastern Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian denomin ...

's Bishop of

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

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. Born in 1950 in Baghdad, he was consecrated a bishop at the age of 17 by

Mar Yosip Khnanisho Mār Yōsip Khnanisho (), is the twelfth Metropolitan or ''Matran'' of Shemsdin from 1918 to 1977. He is a saint in the Assyrian Church of the East. Life Hakkari As it was the custom for an uncle to pass on to the first born nephew the Sacred ...

on 2 March 1967 at the Mar Zaia Cathedral in Baghdad. In 2002 the bishop left for the United States and has since been unable to return to his diocese. He currently resides in exile at Modesto, California.

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Sargis Yousip Iraqi Assyrian people Iraqi bishops Religious leaders from Baghdad Iraqi emigrants to the United States 1950 births Living people 20th-century bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East {{Bishop-stub

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