(born 22 June 1972) is a Turkish-Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been an auxiliary bishop of the Vicariate of Anatolia since 2023.
His research focuses on bioethics and examines disability, sexual morality and interreligious dialogue with Islam.
Antuan Ilgit was born on 22 June 1972 in Hersbruck, Germany, to a family of Turkish immigrants and raised a Muslim.
I will not give up on this part of my life, Christianity is the next step, it is the culmination of the previous path which as a whole I consider to be a real gift.After exploring his vocation with the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Emilia-Romagna for several years,[5] on 1 November 2005 he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Genoa, Italy.
[citation needed] He received a master's degree in healthcare ethics from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia in 2013.
[7] His assignments have included stints as assistant to the parish priest of the Turkish-speaking Catholic community of Meryemana (Ankara) while serving as bursar of the Jesuit community in 2010-2011; animator, formator and spiritual father at the Pontifical Interregional Seminary of the Campania Region in Naples from 2017 to 2020; and lecturer in moral theology and bioethics at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy from 2017 to 2023.
[2] Following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria of 6 February 2023 that destroyed the cathedral and much of İskenderun, he organized relief services in cooperation with the other local Christian communities.
[2][8] In July 2023, he led a group of Turkish students to participate in World Youth Day in Lisbon, where they met with Pope Francis.