Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo
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His Grace, The Most Reverend Sarhad Yawsip Jammo |
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| Eparch Emeritus of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle | |
| See | Eparchy of St. Peter The Apostle |
| In office | July 25, 2002— May 7, 2016 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 19, 1964 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 14, 1941 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Previous post | Priest |
Mar Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (born 14 March 1941) is a Chaldean prelate of the Chaldean Catholic Church who presided over the [[]] in the United States. He had been the bishop of this diocese since its inception on July 25, 2002. His bishopric currently sits at St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California. Mar Sarhad Jammo was born in Baghdad and ordained a priest on December 19, 1964. Following 38 years as a priest he was elevated to the episcopacy by the then Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Mar Raphael I Bidawid. Upon his installment, his first post was to serve as bishop of the newly created eparchy, St. Peter the Apostle, which spans across nineteen states of the western USA. He resigned on May 7, 2016.
Born to a Chaldean family from Baghdad, he attended the Chaldean Patriarchal Seminary in Mosul for formation and left to Rome at the age of 17. He attended the Pontifical Urbaniana University, where he earned a master's degree in both philosophy and theology. He then pursued doctoral studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, where he earned a Ph.D. in Eastern Ecclesiastical Studies. His dissertation was titled, "The Structure of the Chaldean Mass". Bishop Jammo conducted instructional work at several prestigious universities. He taught at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, the University of Notre Dame, and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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