Jacques Behnan Hindo | |
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Title | Archeparch of Al Hasakah-Nisibis |
Personal life | |
Born | 8 August 1941 İdil, Turkey |
Died | 6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 79) Paris, France |
Nationality | Syrian |
Religious life | |
Religion | Catholic |
Denomination | Syrian Catholic |
Church | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Al-Hasakah |
Ordination | 4 May 1969 |
Consecration | 18 June 1997 |
Senior posting | |
Period in office | 29 June 1996 – 22 June 2019 |
Predecessor | Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri |
Successor | Joseph 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
- ^ "Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo †". Catholic hierarchy.
- "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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.