Andraos Abouna

Q: When did Andraos Abouna die?

Andraos Abouna died on July 27, 2010.

Q: How old was Andraos Abouna when they died?

Andraos Abouna was 67 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Andraos Abouna's cause of death?

The cause of death of Andraos Abouna was renal failure.

Andraos Abouna (23 March 1943 – 27 July 2010) was the Chaldean Catholic titular bishop of Hirta and the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon. He was an ethnic Assyrian.

Biography

Abouna was born in 1943 in Bedare, Zakho, Iraq. At the age of 14, he left home to go to St. Peter seminary. He was then ordained to the priesthood on 5 June 1960. In 1961 he was appointed parish priest for the diocese of Basra. After the Six-Day War, he played a role in dialogue among muslims and christians in southern Iraq. He was named bishop on 6 November 2002 and was ordained on 6 January 2003.