His episcopal ordination was on the hands of The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon Raphael I Bidawid aided by Archbishop of Tehran, Youhannan Semaan Issayi and by the Archbishop of Urmia Thomas Meram on 25 February 1996.
Raphael I Bidawid, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003
Raphael | Saint-Raphaël, Var | Sally Jessy Raphael | Gordon Raphael | Raphael Saadiq | Raphael Pyrasch | Raphael I Bidawid | Raphael Holinshed | Raphaël Bassan | Samson Raphael Hirsch | Saint-Raphaël | Raphael Soyer | Raphael (singer) | Raphaël Géminiani | Raphael Wallfisch | Raphael Semmes | Raphael Rooms | Raphael Rabello | Raphael Honigstein | Raphael Hillyer | Anton Raphael Mengs | Raphael Samuel | Raphaël Poirée | Raphael Maklouf | Raphaël Enthoven | Raphael Diaz | Raphaël Confiant | Raphaël Blanchard | Raphaël | Mickey Raphael |
On May 7, 1997, he was appointed Archbishop of Erbil he was consecrated bishop on September 26, 1997, by Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid, Archbishop André Sana, and Bishop Emmanuel Delly.