Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo

Prelate of the Chaldean Catholic Church who presides over the Eparchy of St. Peter The Apostle in the United States

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1941

Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Profession: Catholic priest, liturgist

Nationality: United States, Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mar Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (born 14 March 1941) is a Chaldean prelate of the Chaldean Catholic Church who presided over the Eparchy of St.
Peter The Apostle in the United States.
He had been the bishop of this diocese since its inception on July 25, 2002.
His bishopric currently sits at St.
Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California.
Mar Sarhad Jammo was born in Baghdad and ordained a priest on December 19, 1964.
Following 38 years as a priest he was elevated to the episcopacy by the then Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Mar Raphael I Bidawid.
Upon his installment, his first post was to serve as bishop of the newly created eparchy, St.
Peter the Apostle, which spans across nineteen states of the western USA.
He retired on May 7, 2016.