Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition
Qiryo, Yuḥanna (1874–1946) [Chald.]
He was born in Alqosh. He studied at the Patriarchal Seminary and in 1899 was ordained as its priest. In 1906 he served in Mosul. In 1936 he was consecrated a chorepiscopos and in 1939 served in Ārādn until 1942 when he was consecrated bishop for al-ʿAmadiyya. He died in 1946 and was buried in Karamlish.
He translated from Italian into Syriac a number of books including a book on Alphonse Liguori (Abūna gives the title in Arabic faḍāʾil al-qiddīs Alphonse Liguori ‘Virtues of St. Alfonso Liguori’), a biography of St. Jirardis Magla (Mosul, 1932), a two-volume book also by Liguori (Abūna gives the title in Arabic hidāyat al-nufūs ‘Guidance of the souls’) (vol. 1 Mosul, 1934; vol. 2 ms.).
Sources
- Abūna, Adab, 507–8.
- Macuch, Geschichte, 412–3.
George A. Kiraz