Mar George Garmo

Georges Francis Garmo
Archbishop of the Eparchy of Mosul
Archbishop Garmo with Pope John Paul II
See	Archeparchy of Mosul
In office	14 September 1980 – 9 September 1999
Predecessor	Emmanuel Daddi
Successor	Paulos Faraj Rahho
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1945
Personal details
Born	8 December 1921 Tel Keppe, Iraq
Died	9 September 1999 (aged 77)
Previous post	Priest

Mar George Garmo (8 December 1921 – 9 September 1999) was the Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (Mausiliensis Chaldaeorum) in Iraq from 14 September 1980 until his death on 9 September 1999.

He was born Georges Francis Garmo in 1921 in Tel Keppe near Mosul, Iraq to an Assyrian family. He entered the Chaldean Patriarchal Seminary in 1934. In 1939, he went to Rome to further his studies. He was ordained a priest there on his 24th birthday, 8 December 1945. He received a PhD in Divinity and a Masters Degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.

During this time there was a scarcity of educated Catholic priests in Iraq. As Rev. Garmo was studying to receive a Ph.D in philosophy, he was requested by the Patriarchate to return to Iraq to minister to the growing Chaldean Patriarchal Seminary, which at the time lacked an extensive Theology and Philosophy department and staff. Rev. Garmo returned to Iraq in the summer of 1947, where he would spearhead the new and improved Philosophy and Theological studies at Chaldean Patriarchal Seminary the following year.

Following his first year as a teacher, in 1949 he was elevated to rector of the Seminary, in which capacity he served until September 1960. During his tenure as Seminary Rector, Garmo was assisted by Patriarch Mar Raphael Bidawid before his elevation to the Patriarchate.