Mar Emmanuel Yosip

Mar Emmanuel Yosip
Birth name	Emmanuel Rehana Yosip
Position	Bishop
Diocese	Canada
Episcopacy Began	June 3, 1990
Born	Baghdad, Iraq
Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East

Mar Emmanuel Yosip (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܥܡܐܢܘܝܠ ܝܘܣܦ), is an Assyrian who was born in the Baghdad suburb of Dora, and is currently the Assyrian Church of the East's Bishop of Canada. He was raised by a devout Christian family in Iraq, who subsequently moved to the USA. He became a deacon in 1981 and a priest in 1984 at Mar Gewargis, Assyrian Church in Chicago. Mar Emmanuel was consecrated a bishop in 1990 on June 3. He has a Master of Divinity and he graduated from the University of Toronto with a Masters Degree in "Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations".^[1]

Mar Emmanuel currently oversees the Dioceses of Canada which consists of 5 parishes and a mission.^[2]

Parishes of the Diocese of Canada

• Mart Mariam Cathedral - Toronto, Ontario
• Mar Mari Parish - Hamilton, Ontario
• Mar Toma Parish - Windsor, Ontario
• Mar Zaia Parish - London, Ontario

See also

• Assyrian Church of the East

References

1. ^ http://www.robertdavood.com/
2. ^ *http://www.cnewacanada.ca/ecc-bodypg-ca.aspx?eccpageID=1

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Name	Emmanuel Yosip, Mar
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