Jacques Ishaq was born at
Mosul,
Kingdom of Iraq on 25 February 1938, but in family that hailed from
Alqosh. He was ordained priest on 20 June 1963. On 7 May 1997, he was appointed
Archbishop of Erbil; he was consecrated bishop on 26 September 1997, by Patriarch Mar
Raphael I Bidawid, Archbishop
André Sana, and Bishop
Emmanuel Delly. He retired on 4 May 1999. On 21 December 2005, he was appointed
Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei and
Curial Bishop of the
Patriarchate of Babylon. . Upon the retirement of Patriarch Mar
Emmanuel III Delly, he served as
locum tenens of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans until the election of Patriarch
Louis Raphaël I Sako. In 2014 he retired as Curial Bishop of Babylon. Ishaq died on 22 June 2023, at the age of 85. ==References==