List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon
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This is a list of The Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon, the leaders of the Chaldean Catholic Church
and one of the Patriarchs of the east
of the Catholic Church
.
The term Chaldeans in this frame indicates the members of the Church of the East
in Full Communion
with the Holy See
. This list continues from the List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East that traces itself back from St. Thomas in the 1st century.
of Alqosh
, went to Rome asking for his appointment as Patriarch. He was consecrated in St. Peter's Basilica
on 9 April 1553.
Mar Shimun IX Dinkha was the last Patriarch of the Shimun line to be formally recognized by Rome. He reintroduced the hereditary succession.
In 1692 Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha broke formally the Communion
with Rome. Mar Shimun XIII continued to be Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
until c.1700. The Shimun line of successors continued in the Assyrian Church of the East. See: List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
At the death of Augustine Hindi, this See remained vacant, and in 1830, merged with the Alqosh line in the person of Mar Yohannan Hormizd, thus forming the modern Chaldean Catholic Church
.
, known in the 17th–18th century also as Eliya line, was the oldest and largest patriarchal See of the Church of the East, the only one existing patriarchal line before the 1553 split, and traces itself back from St. Thomas in the 1st-century. In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII (1591–1617), Patriarch of the See of Alqosh, entered communion with the Catholic Church. Eliyya VIII, however died in 1617, and his successor quickly repudiated the union.
In 1778, with the death of Eliya XII (or XI) Denkha, the See of Alqosh divided between Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab, who was not in communion with Rome, and his cousin Mar Yohannan VIII Eliyya Hormizd, who professed to be Catholic. In 1804, with the death of Eliyya Isho-Yab, Yohannan Hormizd remained the only incumbent of this ancient See. He was recognized patriarch by Rome only in 1830, after the merging of the Chaldean see of Amid, thus forming the modern Chaldean Catholic Church
.
Chaldean Catholic Church
The Chaldean Catholic Church , is an Eastern Syriac particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church...
and one of the Patriarchs of the east
Patriarchs of the east
The Patriarchs of the East are generally speaking the head bishops of Eastern Christian traditions mainly in the Middle East. They may be Patriarchs of Orthodox or Catholic churches.-Orthodox Patriarchs of the East:...
of the Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
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.
The term Chaldeans in this frame indicates the members of the Church of the East
Church of the East
The Church of the East tāʾ d-Maḏnḥāʾ), also known as the Nestorian Church, is a Christian church, part of the Syriac tradition of Eastern Christianity. Originally the church of the Persian Sassanid Empire, it quickly spread widely through Asia...
in Full Communion
Full communion
In Christian ecclesiology, full communion is a relationship between church organizations or groups that mutually recognize their sharing the essential doctrines....
with the Holy See
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
. This list continues from the List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East that traces itself back from St. Thomas in the 1st century.
The Shimun line
In 1553, Mar Yohannan Sulaqa, willing to separate from the Church of the East's Patriarchal SeeEpiscopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
of Alqosh
Alqosh
Alqōsh or Alqūsh is one of the most famous Assyrian towns of the mainly East Syrian rite in Iraq. It is located north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from an Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where "Eil" means God and "Kushtu" means righteousness or power...
, went to Rome asking for his appointment as Patriarch. He was consecrated in St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian as ' and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world...
on 9 April 1553.
- 90 Shimun VIII Yohannan SulaqaShimun VIII Yohannan SulaqaMar Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa was the first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1553 to 1555....
(1553–1555) — fixed the See in Amid - 91 Abdisho IV MaronAbdisho IV MaronMar Abdisho IV Maron was the second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570.-Life:Abdisho, whose name is spelled in many different ways meaning Servant of Jesus, was born in Gazarta on the River Tigris, son of Yohannan of the house of Mari...
(1555–1570) — moved the See near SiirtSiirt- External links :* * * *...
- vacant (1570–1572)
- 92 Yahballaha VYahballaha VMar Yahballaha V was the third Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1572 to 1580.-See also:*List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon...
(1572–1580) - 93 Shimun IX DinkhaShimun IX DinkhaMar Shimun IX Dinkha was the fourth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1580 to c.1600.He moved the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church from Siirt to Urmia whereas his successor Shimun X Eliyah moved it to Salmas....
(1580–1600) — moved the See in UrmiaUrmia- Demographics :According to official census of 2006, the population of Urmia is about 871,204.- Language :The population of Urmia is mainly Azerbaijani people, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities...
Mar Shimun IX Dinkha was the last Patriarch of the Shimun line to be formally recognized by Rome. He reintroduced the hereditary succession.
- 94 Shimun X EliyahShimun X EliyahMar Shimun X Eliyah was the fifth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from c.1600 to c.1638.He succeeded Patriarch Shimun IX Dinkha and moved the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church from Urmia to Salmas....
(1600–1638) — moved the See in SalmasSalmasSalmas is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families.... - 95 Shimun XI EshuyowShimun XI EshuyowMar Shimun XI Eshuyow was the sixth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1638 to 1656.He succeeded Patriarch Shimun X Eliyah, The seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Salmas during his reign....
(1638–1656) - 96 Shimun XII YoalahaShimun XII YoalahaMar Shimun XII Yoalaha was the seventh Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1656 to 1662.He succeeded Patriarch Shimun XI Eshuyow, the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Salmas during his reign....
(1656–1662) - 97 Shimun XIII DinkhaShimun XIII DinkhaMar Shimʿun XIII Dinkha was Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church carrying the title Patriarch of Babylon between 1662 and 1692 in communion with Rome and residing in Salmas...
(1662–1692) — moved the See in QochanisQochanisQodchanis was the capital of Hakkari and the seat of the Assyrian bishops before 1915.Its ruins are currently north of Hakkâri Province, near the borders of Iran and Iraq, and about 20 km north-east of the provincial capital Hakkâri, in the southeastern of modern Turkey.The town was inhabited by...
In 1692 Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha broke formally the Communion
Full communion
In Christian ecclesiology, full communion is a relationship between church organizations or groups that mutually recognize their sharing the essential doctrines....
with Rome. Mar Shimun XIII continued to be Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...
until c.1700. The Shimun line of successors continued in the Assyrian Church of the East. See: List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
The Josephite line of Amid
The Chaldean Patriarchs based in Amid, now Diyarbakır, was started by Joseph I, who in 1681, separated from the Patriarchal See of Alqosh entering in Full Communion with Rome- 98 Joseph IJoseph I (Chaldean Patriarch)Mar Joseph I was the first incumbent of the Josephite line of Church of the East, thus being considered the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1681 to 1696.-Background situation:...
(1681–1696) - 99 Joseph II Sliba MarufJoseph II (Chaldean Patriarch)Mar Joseph II Sliba Maruf was the second incumbent of the Josephite line of Church of the East, a little patriarchate in Full Communion with the pope active in the areas of Amid and Mardin in the 17th-19th century, thus being the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1696 to...
(1696–1713) - 100 Joseph III Timothy MarogeJoseph III (Chaldean Patriarch)Mar Joseph III Timothy Maroge was the third incumbent of the Josephite line of Church of the East, a patriarchate in Full Communion with the pope mainly active in the areas of Amid and Mardin, thus being the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1713 to 1757.-Life:Timothy Maroge was born...
(1713–1757) - 101 Joseph IV Lazare HindiJoseph IV (Chaldean Patriarch)Mar Joseph IV Timotheus Lazar Hindi was the fourth incumbent of the Josephite line of Church of the East, a patriarchate in Full Communion with the pope mainly active in the areas of Amid and Mardin, thus being considered the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1757 to 1796.-Life:Lazar...
(1757–1780) - 102 Joseph V Augustine Hindi (1780–1827); patriarchal administrator from 1802, apostolic delegate for the Patriarchate of Babylon from 1812, never formally recognized as patriarch by Rome.
- vacant (1827–1830)
At the death of Augustine Hindi, this See remained vacant, and in 1830, merged with the Alqosh line in the person of Mar Yohannan Hormizd, thus forming the modern Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church
The Chaldean Catholic Church , is an Eastern Syriac particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church...
.
The Alqosh/Mosul line
The patriarchal See of AlqoshAlqosh
Alqōsh or Alqūsh is one of the most famous Assyrian towns of the mainly East Syrian rite in Iraq. It is located north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from an Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where "Eil" means God and "Kushtu" means righteousness or power...
, known in the 17th–18th century also as Eliya line, was the oldest and largest patriarchal See of the Church of the East, the only one existing patriarchal line before the 1553 split, and traces itself back from St. Thomas in the 1st-century. In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII (1591–1617), Patriarch of the See of Alqosh, entered communion with the Catholic Church. Eliyya VIII, however died in 1617, and his successor quickly repudiated the union.
In 1778, with the death of Eliya XII (or XI) Denkha, the See of Alqosh divided between Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab, who was not in communion with Rome, and his cousin Mar Yohannan VIII Eliyya Hormizd, who professed to be Catholic. In 1804, with the death of Eliyya Isho-Yab, Yohannan Hormizd remained the only incumbent of this ancient See. He was recognized patriarch by Rome only in 1830, after the merging of the Chaldean see of Amid, thus forming the modern Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church
The Chaldean Catholic Church , is an Eastern Syriac particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church...
.
- 103 Yohannan VIII HormizdYohannan HormizdMar Yohannan VIII Hormizd was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line of the Church of the East and the first patriarch of a united Chaldean Church...
(1830–1838) — moved the See in MosulMosulMosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... - 104 Nicholas I ZayaNicholas I ZayaMar Nicholas I Zaya was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1839 to 1847. He succeeded Yohannan VIII Hormizd, the last of the Mosul patriarchs who traced their descent from Eliya VII , and his elevation ended four centuries of hereditary succession in the Eliya line...
(1839–1846) - 105 Joseph VI AudoJoseph AudoMar Joseph VI Audo † was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1847 to 1878.Joseph VI Audo was born in 1790 in Alqosh and in 1814 he became a monk of the monastery of Rabban Hormizd. He was ordained priest in 1818 and consecrated bishop of Mosul on the March 25, 1825 by the...
(1847–1878) - 106 Eliya AbulyonanEliya AbulyonanMar Eliya XIV [XIII] Abulyonan † was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1878 to 1894.-Life:Eliya Peter Abulyonan was born in 1840 in Mosul. He studied three years in the College of the Propaganda in Rome and was ordained priest in 1865. On May 24, 1874, in Alqosh, he was ordained...
(1878–1894) - 107 Audishu V KhayyathAudishu V KhayyathMar Audishu V, , Georges Khayyath † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894-1899. He was also a Syriac scholar....
(1894–1899) (Georges Ebed-Iesu) - 108 Yousef VI Emmanuel II ThomasYousef VI Emmanuel II ThomasMar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1900-1947.-Life:He was born on August 8, 1852 in Alqosh, studied in the Ghazir Seminary in Beirut and was ordained priest on July 10, 1879. On July 24, 1892 he was ordained Bishop of Seert, now in Turkey, by...
(1900–1946) - 109 Yousef VII GhanimaYousef VII GhanimaMar Yousef VII Ghanima † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947-1958.-Life:He was born on January 29, 1881 in Mossul and was ordained a priest on May 15, 1904. In 1925 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon of the Chaldean. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from...
(1946–1958) — moved the See in BaghdadBaghdadBaghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... - 110 Paul II CheikhoPaul II CheikhoMar Paul II Cheikho † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958-1989.-Life:He was born on November 19, 1906 in Alqosh and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1930...
(1958–1989) - 111 Raphael I BidawidRaphael I BidawidMar Raphael I Bidawid † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989-2003. He was also a Syriac scholar.-Life:He was born on April 17, 1922 in northern Iraqi city of Mosul into an ethnic Assyrian family, and took his school and seminar training in Mosul...
(1989–2003)- Shlemon WarduniShlemon WarduniBishop Mar Shlemon Warduni is Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon, Iraq, of the Chaldean Catholic Church. In 2003 he was the Locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans.-Life:...
(2003) (Locum Tenens)
- Shlemon Warduni
- 112 Emmanuel III DellyEmmanuel III DellyMar Emmanuel III Delly is the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris Particular church of the Catholic Church and a Cardinal. He was born on October 6, 1927 in Tel Keppe and was ordained a priest on December 21, 1952. He was...
(2003–Present)
External links
- Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon by Giga-Catholic Information
- Eastern Uniate Patriarchs from World Statesmen.org http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Religious_Organizations.html#Uniate