In 2007 , Chaldean Catholic Church priest Fr . Ragheed Aziz Ganni and subdeacons Basman Yousef Dawid , Wahid Hanna Esho , and Gassan Isam Bidawed were killed in the ancient city of Mosul . Ganni was driving with his three deacons when they were stopped and demanded to convert to Islam , when they refused they were shot . Ganni was the pastor of the Chaldean Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul and a graduate from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas , '' Angelicum '' in Rome in 2003 with a licentiate in ecumenical theology . Six months later , the body of Paulos Faraj Rahho , archbishop of Mosul , was found buried near Mosul . He was kidnapped on 29 February 2008 when his bodyguards and driver were killed . See 2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul for more details
2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
Persecution of Christians