Bawai Soro
Bawai Soro | |
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| Eparch of Toronto | |
| Church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto |
| Appointed | October 31, 2017 |
| Installed | November 29, 2017 |
| Predecessor | Emanuel Hana Shaleta |
| Other post(s) | Spiritual Director, Seminary of Mar Abba the Great |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | February 21, 1982 |
| Consecration | October 21, 1984 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1954 |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of San Diego Titular Bishop of Foratiana |
| Styles of Bawai Soro | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | His Grace |
| Religious style | Eparch |
Bawai Soro (born March 3, 1954) is an Eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Church for the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto.
Biography
Soro was baptized in the Assyrian Church of the East. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1982 and to the episcopate in 1984. He served the Assyrian eparchy of Western United States, and subsequently the eparchy of California. He was a strong supporter of the dialogue between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Catholic Church, and was disappointed when this dialogue was suspended in 2004.
Pursuing studies first at the Catholic University of America in Washington, and later at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, when he obtained a doctorate, Bishop Mar Bawai Soro (along with nearly one thousand Assyrian Christian families) was received into communion with the Chaldean Catholic Church in May 2008.
Pope Francis appointed Soro auxiliary eparch for the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego on January 11, 2014.[1] On October 31, 2017, Pope Francis appointed Soro as eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto.[2] He was installed on November 29, 2017.
See also
References
- ^ "Bishop Bawai (Ashur) Soro". Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Pope Francis Names New Bishop of Chaldean Eparchy of Toronto". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
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