Shlemon Warduni

Shlemon Warduni ( born April 24, 1943 in Batnaya, Iraq) is Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad and was briefly Apostolic Administrator and Patriarchal Vicar for the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Auxiliary Bishop

He entered the seminary in 1954 and was dedicated to the study of theology, education and social sciences in Baghdad and Rome on 29 June 1968 priests. On 12 January 2001 Warduni was appointed Curia Bishop and consecrated on 16 February 2001 as Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei, at the same time he took on the task of a suffragan bishop of Babylon of the Chaldeans.

Patriarchal

As on July 7, died in 2003 Raphael I Bidawid, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, you had to choose no immediate successor. But should any vacancy occur in succession Bishop Shlemon Warduni was appointed Patriarchal Vicar of Babylon of the Chaldeans. With the election of Emmanuel III. Delly Patriarch, on 3 December 2003, ended also the office of Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad.

A courageous Christian in Iraq

" The most courageous man of God in the world " as he was sometimes called by the press, is exposed to the war happening in Iraq every day. Already under Saddam Hussein, he has experienced the persecution of Christians and is still under the protection of U.S. forces Of the more than 800 000 Christians in Iraq are already many fled, they live partly unrecognized among the population and do not dare claim to be Christian be seen to give. Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni sits down, under the protection of American bodyguards constantly a danger when he travels to the outlying parishes.