Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis

Rev. Robert Jarjis was born in Baghdad on 23 October 1973. He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Baghdad, obtaining a licentiate and a master’s degree. He entered the patriarchal seminary of Baghdad and studied at Babel College. He was then sent to the Urban College of Rome, as a seminarian, to continue his education at the Pontifical Urban University. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 27 April 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. He then studied at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, obtaining a licentiate in biblical theology in 2001. He returned to Baghdad and was parish priest for seven years in the parish of Saint Mary of the Assumption in the district of Mansour in the capital. He has for some months served as parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph; and has been a local collaborator of the Apostolic Nunciature for a number of years. He speaks Arabic, Italian and Syriac, and knows English.