Jean Fiey

Background

Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and received his Licentiate in philosophy and theology from the order"s schools in France.

Career

Fiey became acquainted with Syriac Christian tradition during his residence in Iraq from 1939 to 1973. After the Baathist takeover in 1968, Fiey"s was viewed suspiciously by the Iraqi government. He was expelled after being accused of being a spy, other Iraqi scholars including the Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako claim the real reason lay behind his refusal to accommodate government view in his writings.

He received his doctorate from the University of Dijon in 1982.

Achievements

• He was one of the founder of the Mosul Dominican College in 1944 and functioned as its dean until 1959.