He began undergraduate (philosophy) studies at the
University of San Diego's Saint Francis de Sales Center for Priestly Formation, in
San Diego County, California. Subsequently, he began the requisite graduate theological training for the Chaldean Catholic priesthood at
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, in
Detroit, Michigan. Ordained a priest on July 5, 1995, he was appointed Parochial
Vicar (Associate Pastor) of
Mother of God Church in Southfield, Michigan, the city where the Eparchy has its cathedral. Since 2001, Eparch Kalabat has been Pastor of Saint Thomas Church in West Bloomfield, Director of Vocations for the Eparchy, and has been involved with the Center for Re-Evangelization. He speaks Arabic, English and
Aramaic, and also knows Spanish. He received his episcopal ordination, and was installed as Eparch on June 14, 2014. On August 9, 2017, Pope Francis named Kalabat as administrator of Eparchy of Addai of Toronto. ==See also==