Chaldeans And Assyrians In The United States

Mar Auraha Chaldean Catholic Church

6816 E. Cactus Rd. , Scottsdale , AZ 85254
Phone (480) 596-6798, Fax (480) 596-9067

Clergy

Fr. Poulos Ghozairan - Fr. Ghozairan was born in 1947 in the village of Karabesh in Akra , Iraq . He entered the monastery 1959. In 1968 he made his final vows and was ordained a priest in 1975. He was assigned as assistant to the abbot for the novitiate. In 1977 he became the head of the novitiate for a monastery in Baghdad . In 1981 he was assigned in Baghdad to serve in Mar Mari parish. In 1987 he was assigned to Mosul . From 1988 through 1994 he served in Basra . From 1994 to 2000 he was the head of the St. Joseph monastery in Rome.

In September 2000 he arrived in America and served as a pastor at St. Paul Assyrian-Chaldean Church . In 2001 he moved to Mar Awraha in Arizona.

History

• 1993: Mission of Mar Awraha established. Fr. Michael J. Bazzi, who traveled between it and San Diego , served as priest.
• 1994: Fr. Kamal Bidawid serves mission.
• 1994: Church building purchased; there were 100 Chaldean families at the time.
• 1995: Fr. Noel Gorgis assigned.
• Jun 02, 1995: Mar Awraha parish elevated to the status of parish.
• Nov. 11, 2001: Fr. Paulos Ghozairan appointed pastor.