Our Reverend
Archdeacon William Toma was born in Baghdad-Iraq. He commenced his religious and ecclesiastic studies in 1985 in Baghdad Seminary of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was ordained a deacon in 1989. In 1995, he got his BA degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University, Chicago. In 1999, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology: University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein. On May 23rd, 1999, he was ordained priest in Chicago by the late Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch. In 2012, he was ordained and became an Archdeacon of the Holy Synod by the late Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV.
In 2001, he received his Master Degree in Oriental Ecclesiastical Studies, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy. The title of his master degree was the Anthropology of Narsai (5th century Assyrian Theologian). In 2007, he received Ph.D degree in Oriental Ecclesiastical Studies. The title of thesis was the Mystery of Church according to Timothy II (critical edition & English translation on the mystery of consecration of altar by Timothy II).
Occupation:
- Parish Priest of Mar Sargis Parish, Chicago , IL.
- Undersecretary of the Holy Synod.
- Member of the Assyrian Church Relief Organization, US Chapter.
- Adjunct Professor at Benedictine University, Chicago, IL
- Adjunct Professor at Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy.