Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans explained

Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans
Native Name:	Ordo Antonianus Santae Hormisdae Chaldaeorum
Native Name Lang:	la
Abbreviation:	OAOC
Headquarters:	Baghdad, Iraq
Membership:	17 members (15 priests)
Membership Year:	2018
Leader Title2:	Superior General
Leader Name2:	Samer Soreshow Yohanna, OAOC
Parent Organization:	Chaldean Catholic Church

The Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (la|Ordo Antonianus S. Hormisdæ Chaldæorum; abbreviated OAOC) is a Chaldean Catholic monastic order of pontifical right for men.

The monastic order was founded in 1808. Its headquarters is in Saint-Antony convent, Baghdad, Al-Duorah province, Iraq.^[1]

In 2018, it had 6 houses with 17 members including 15 priests.

Superiors general

Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, O.A.O.C. (? – 2013.07.11)
Fr. Waheed K. Gabriele Tooma, O.A.O.C. (2013 – 2014)
Fr. Joseph Abdel Sater, O.A.O.C. (2014 – 2016)
Fr. Samer Soreshow Yohanna, O.A.O.C. (2016–present)

Prelates from their ranks

Deceased, with year of death

1915 : Philip Yaʿqob Abrahamo, Bishop of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkish Kurdistan)
2006 : Abbot Yousif Ibrahim, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)
2013: Archimandrite Denha Hanna Touma, Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Sulaimaniya of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

External links

http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/150.htm

Notes and References

Web site: Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (O.A.O.C.).