Bawai Soro

His Grace, The Most Reverend
Bawai Soro
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 posts Spiritual Director, Seminary of Mar Abba the Great
Orders
Ordination February 21, 1982
Consecration October 21, 1984
Personal details
Born (1954-03-03) March 3, 1954
Kirkuk, Iraq
Previous post Auxiliary Eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of San Diego
Titular Bishop of Foratiana
Styles of
Bawai Soro
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

  1. ↑ "Bishop Bawai (Ashur) Soro". Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pope Francis Names New Bishop of Chaldean Eparchy of Toronto". Retrieved October 31, 2017.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Emanuel Hana Shaleta		 Eparch of Toronto
2017-Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
-		 Auxiliary Eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of San Diego
2014-2017		 Succeeded by
-


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