Iranian Bishops - Hassan Dehqani-Tafti, Youhannan Semaan Issayi, Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Ignazio Bedini (Paperback)

Chapters: Hassan Dehqani-Tafti, Youhannan Semaan Issayi, Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Ignazio Bedini. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Right Reverend Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti (May 14, 1920 April 29, 2008) was the Anglican Bishop of Iran from 1961 until his retirement in 1990. Dehqani-Tafti was the first ethnic Persian to become a Christian bishop of Iran since the 7th century and the Islamic conquest of Persia. (There had been ethnic Armenian and Assyrian bishops in Iran, but no ethnic Persian bishops up until the 20th century.) However, Dehqani-Tafti spent the last ten years of his episcopate in exile after the Iranian Revolution and an assassination attempt on his life in October 1979, in which his wife, Margaret, was wounded. In May 1980, Dehqani-Tafti's 24 year old son, Bahram, was murdered by Iranian government agents. Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti was born in the small village of Taft, which is located near the city of Yazd, in central Iran. His parents, who were both Muslims, were poor. Dehqani-Tafti attended Stuart Memorial College in Isfahan, before moving on to Tehran University where he was trained to become a teacher. He converted to Christianity in Isfahan in 1938 and was soon seen a leader of the growing Christian youth group in the city. He served as an officer in the Iranian Imperial Army from 1943 until 1945. His knowledge of English led him to become an interpreter for British officials in the Middle East. Following the end of World War II, Dehqani-Tafti worked under English Anglican bishop William Thompson as a layman in the Diocese of Iran for two years. Dehqani-Tafti decided to become an Anglican priest. He left Iran in 1947 to attend Ridley Hall, Cambridge, a theological college, to prepare for his ordination. After his or...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1736928