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Turkish Syrian Catholic bishop (1941–2021)

Jacques Behnan Hindo
TitleArcheparch of Al Hasakah-Nisibis
Personal life
Born8 August 1941
İdil, Turkey
Died6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 79)
Paris, France
NationalitySyrian
Religious life
ReligionCatholic
DenominationSyrian Catholic
ChurchCathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Al-Hasakah
Ordination4 May 1969
Consecration18 June 1997
Senior posting
Period in office29 June 1996 – 22 June 2019
PredecessorJacques Georges Habib Hafouri
SuccessorJoseph Shamil

Jacques Behnan Hindo (8 August 1941 – 6 June 2021) was a Turkish bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as Archeparch of Al Hasakah from 1996 to 2019.

Biography

Hindo was born in İdil, Turkey on 8 August 1941. He was ordained as a priest on 4 May 1969 in the Archeparchy of Al-Hasakah-Nisibi. In June 1996, he was nominated to be Archeparch of Al Hasakah-Nisibis and was consecrated on 19 June 1997 by Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Antony II Hayyek.

During the Syrian Civil War, he actively informed the press on the abuses of ISIS and the Syrian government. He also expressed disagreement with the military actions of NATO. Hindo retired on 22 June 2019 and was succeeded by Joseph Shamil.

Jacques Behnan Hindo died in Paris on 6 June 2021 at the age of 79.

References

  1. ^ "Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo †". Catholic hierarchy.
  2. "En Syrie, il n'y a pas de «guerre sainte», insiste Mgr Jacques Behnan Hindo". Cath.ch (in French). Al Hasakah. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. Hindo, Jacques Behnan (4 February 2013). "Lettre de Mgr. Behnan HINDO : "Hassaké se lève contre les enlèvements"". Œuvre d'Orient (in French). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. "Archevêque d'Hassaké : les frappes russes sont efficaces, pas celles des États-Unis". L'Observatoire de la Christianophobie (in French). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. "Syrian Church mourns Abp Hindo's death; for him dialogue was stronger than the Islamic State". AsiaNews. Syria. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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