Background
He was born in Sanandaj سنندج, Kurdistan Iran on June 27, 1914 and ordained priest on March 3, 1940 and consecrated bishop on, October 22, 1967, in Iran.
priest master Metropolitan Archbishop
He was born in Sanandaj سنندج, Kurdistan Iran on June 27, 1914 and ordained priest on March 3, 1940 and consecrated bishop on, October 22, 1967, in Iran.
His Excellency attended the Chaldean Seminary in Mosul for formation and left to Rome on 1933. He attended the Pontifical Urbaniana University, where he earned a master"s degree in both philosophy and theology. He then pursued doctoral studies and obtained his Philosophy Doctor. During his academic career he mastered 8 languages: the classic Syriac, Colloquial Syriac (Modern Assyrian), Persian, Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Latin.
Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran): (September 1, 1967 – March 7, 1970) Titular Archbishop of Hieropolis: (September 1, 1967 – March 7, 1970) Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran): (March 7, 1970 – March 16, 1971. He was ordained as priest on 1940 and elevated to the rank of Archbishop on October 22, 1967. His excellency Metropolitan March Youhannan Semaan Issayi for more than half century dedicated his life and earnestly served the Assyro-Chaldean Catholic Congregation at Tehran, Hamadan, Kermanshah, Qazvin, and Sanandaj.
Translation of Easter Rite Mass book from Aramaic into Modern Colloquial Syriac.
Writer of extensively religious or Historic issues in modern Assyrian including an unpublished comprehensive Syriac Dictionary.Writer of different religious books for Assyro-Chaldean students from elementary to high school levels.Mar Youhannan was Editor of the church"s -periodicals named Marga and Payam published in Persian and modern Assyro-Chaldean. March Youhannan published a poetry book devoted to the Virgin Mary and besides of his clergy services, he was a professor of Aramaic and Assyrian language.
March Youhannan composed many Assyro-Chaldean hymns (music & lyric) for the Christmas Mass, Good Friday and Easter Massachusetts These hymns were harmonized in poly phonic by Maestro Paulus Khofri and performed by the Saint Joseph"s Church Choir of Tehran and other church choirs worldwide.