Michael J BazziMichael Bazzi was born in northern Iraq in the beautiful city of Tilkepe, 10 kilometers north of Mosul. He was ordained a Catholic priest in Baghdad in 1964 and later went to Rome where he earned a Master's Degree in Pastoral Theology in 1974 from th Lateran University. Fr. Bazzi also has degrees in mass media and group dynamics.That same year, 1974, Fr. Michael came to the United States and began serving as a priest in the Green Bay Diocese in Wisconsin. He also began what was to become a lifelong love of teaching the Scriptures and the Aramaic language by teaching workshops throughout the regionFr. Michael served a central role in establishing three Chaldean Catholic parishes in the United States: in Michigan, and California. Since 1985, Fr. Michael has served at St. Peters Catholic Church in El Cajon. In 2015, Fr. Michael was made Pastor Emeritus at St. Peter's Cathedral. Professor Bazzi taught classical and modern Aramaic from 1994-2020 at Cuyamaca College.Fr. Michael has led numerous tours of the Middle East. In 2010, the San Diego Law Enforcement Officials named him their Citizen of the Year. Read More Read Less