Ragheed Ganni
Martyred Iraqi priest (1972–2007)
Who they were
Ragheed Ganni was an Iraqi priest of the Chaldean Catholic Church. He did postgraduate studies at the Irish College in Rome and in June 2003 was appointed parish priest in Mosul.
On 3 June 2007, the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, after celebrating the Sunday Eucharist, he was murdered in Mosul together with three subdeacons. In 2018 it was announced that the cause of Father Ragheed and his companions had been opened at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and he is now called Servant of God.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young Chaldean priest killed in Mosul after Sunday Mass, whose cause as a martyr is under way.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Cecilia Moshe Hanna Servant of God“Her martyrdom cause was transferred from Baghdad to the Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit in 2018; Bishop Francis Kalabat closed the eparchial phase on 27 August 2019, together with the causes of Bishop Paulus Faraj Rahho, Fr Ragheed Ganni and his three companions.” — this site's research
- National Vocations Office, Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference (vocations.ie), 25 November 2020 - 'The inspiring witness of Fr Ragheed Ganni, Servant of God'
- Santi e Beati — Servo di Dio Ragheed Aziz Ganni, sacerdote e martire (Mosul 1972 - 3 giugno 2007) — Chaldean Catholic priest shot with three subdeacons outside the Holy Spirit church in Mosul; Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho called him a martyr, the Chaldean Synod pressed his cause, and he is one of the nine figures in t
- Wikidata Q5751169 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ragheed Ganni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.