previous_post predecessor successor death_date birth_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
bishop hovhannes kasparian emmanuel dabbaghian 7 july 2012 alep , syria bishop emeritus of armenian catholic diocese of baghdad paul coussa
 bishop armenian catholic diocese of baghdad 1983 - 2001 9 september 1917 17 april 1941 paul coussa armenian catholic church
paul coussa

paul coussa -lrb- 9 september 1917 -- 7 july 2012 -rrb- was a syrian born iraqi prelate of the armenian catholic church .
born in alep , syria , he was ordained a priest in 1941 , aged 23 .
he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the antioch syrian diocese on 26 august 1969 , along with titular bishop of colonia in armenia .
he was ordained bishop on 21 december 1969 .
he was appointed bishop of the armenian catholic diocese of baghdad on june 27 , 1983 until his retirement on october 13 , 2001 , aged 94 .
