(Assyrian Post) - Brothers and Sisters in Christ, peace be upon you all.
It is with great honor and joy that we announce the consecration of a new bishop, His Grace Mar Awa, Bishop of California. His Grace Mar Awa was the former Arch-Deacon David Royel. The consecration took place today, Sunday November 30, 2008 at Mar Zaia Church in Modesto, California. This special, emotional and holy event left all who witnessed it and were fortunate to attend speechless.
His Grace Mar Awa was born on July 4, 1975 to his parents Koresh and Flourence Royel in Chicago, IL. His Grace is our first bishop ever ordained that was born in the United Stated of America. His parents should take great pride in raising such a wonderful and special son that will serve as our holy father.
His Grace Mar Awa was ordained sub-deacon in October 1991 and ordained deacon by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch on January 1992 in Mar Gewargis Cathedral, in Chicago, Illinois.
Then he was ordained cor-bishop on July 2006 by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, in Chicago, Illinois. He was recently ordaiined archdeacon by His Holiness on November 23, 2008 in Mar Yosip Khnanisho Church in San Jose, California.
Today, on November 30, 2008, he was consecrated bishop for the Diocese of California by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV in Mar Zaia Cathedral in Modesto, California. We were also fortunate to have His Grace Mar Odisho, His Grace Mar Sargis, His Grace Mar Aprim and many of our priests and deacons joining us on this special day.
His Grace Mar Awa is also highly educated. He holds a B.A from Loyola University in Chicago (1997), Bachelor of Sacred Theology from University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein (1999), License of Sacred Theology from Pontifical Oriental University in Rome (2001), and Doctorate of Sacred Theology from Pontifical Oriental University in Rome (2007).
God bless His Grace Mar Awa and may our Lord guide him on this journey. Our prayers are with him and with our Church.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Mar Awa, Bishop of CA, Consecrated November 30th
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Perhaps you could clarify a few things for me. What does the ordination of a "cor-bishop" entail? Also, upon ordination, what new power/privileges does one receive? If a "cor-bishop" is the rank below a bishop (according to the wiki article anyway), why was His Grace Mar Awa still being called an archdeacon prior to his consecration as a bishop? Lastly, since when did archdeacons have their own special ordination? Is this simply Assyrian terminology?
ReplyDeleteI emailed them to find out. :) I'll put their answer in a separate article and add some links for further reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of the work you're putting in! I'm not familiar at all with how the Assyrians do...anything. If/when you do put up another post, I'd love to see any links that you may have. Alternatively, we could carry this over to a private e-mail discussion if you wish. Let me know.
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