List of Patriarchs of Babylon

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List of Patriarchs of Babylon

The Patriarch of Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, also called the Assyrian Patriarch, is the leader and head bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
, formerly based in Mosul

Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
, Iraq

Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and now in exile in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
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Catholicoi of Seleucie-Ctesiphon and Patriarchs of the East

The decrees of the Council of Ephesus
Council of Ephesus

The First Council of Ephesus was held in 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus, Asia Minor. The council was called due to the contentious teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople....
in 431 is not accepted by the Church of the East, causing a schism between it and the Pentarchy
Pentarchy

In the History of Christianity, the Pentarchy is "the proposed government of universal Christendom by five Patriarch under the auspices of a single universal empire....
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(With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
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(With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to Tabriz
Tabriz

Tabriz is the largest city in northwestern Iran. It is situated north of the volcanic cone of Sahand, south of the Eynali mountain. It is the capital of East Azarbaijan Province....
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(With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul
Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
.)

(With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to Alqosh
Alqosh

Alqosh or Alqush is one of the most famous Assyrians towns in Iraq. It is located 30 kilometers north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from a compound Assyrian Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where...
.)

In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see Catholic Chaldean Patriarchs of Babylon
List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon

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 Roman Catholic Church....
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In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII, entered communion with the Catholic Church.

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The Patriarch of Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, also called the Assyrian Patriarch, is the leader and head bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
, formerly based in Mosul
Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
, Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and now in exile in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
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Catholicoi of Seleucie-Ctesiphon and Patriarchs of the East

1 Mar Thoma Shilkha, (Saint Thomas) (c. 33-c. 77)
Mar Tulmay (St. Bartholomew the Apostle) (c. 33)
Mar Addai
Thaddeus of Edessa

Thaddeus was one of the Seventy Apostles of Christ, not to be confused with Saint Jude of the Twelve Apostles.Thaddeus of the Seventy Disciples was born as a Jew in Edessa, Mesopotamia....
, (St. Thaddeus of Edessa)
2 Mar Agai (c. 66-c. 87)
3 Mar Mari (c. 87-c. 120)
4 Mar Abris (c. 121-c. 137)
SOLATUBNAIA (c. 137-c. 159)
5 Mar Abraham I (c. 159-c. 171)
6 Mar Yacob I (c. 172-c. 190)
7 Mar Ahha c. 190-c. 220
8 Mar Shahioupa (c. 220-c. 240)
vacant (c. 240-c. 317)
9 Mar Papa bar Gaggai (c. 317-c. 329)
10 Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e
Simeon Barsabae

Mar Shimoun Barsabae was a Patriarch of the Church of the East.He was born the son of a fulling. In 316, he had been named coadjutor bishop of his predecessor, Papas....
(c. 329-c. 341)
11 Mar Shalidoste (c. 341-c. 345)
12 Mar Bar Bashmin (c. 345-c. 350)
vacant (c. 350-c. 363)
13 Mar Toumarsa (c. 363-c. 371)
14 Mar Qaioma (c. 371-399)
15 Mar Isaac
Mar Isaac

Mar Isaac may refer to*Mar Isaac , early bishop of Seleucia, see Synod of Mar Isaac* Isaac the Syrian, d. ca. 700...
(399-c.410)
16 Mar Ahha (c.410-415)
17 Mar Yab-Alaha I (415-420)
18 Mar Maana (420)
19 Mar Frabokht (420-421)
20 Mar Dadisho I (421-456)

The decrees of the Council of Ephesus
Council of Ephesus

The First Council of Ephesus was held in 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus, Asia Minor. The council was called due to the contentious teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople....
in 431 is not accepted by the Church of the East, causing a schism between it and the Pentarchy
Pentarchy

In the History of Christianity, the Pentarchy is "the proposed government of universal Christendom by five Patriarch under the auspices of a single universal empire....
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21 Mar Babwahi (457-484)
22 Mar Aqaq-Acace (484-496)
23 Mar Babai I (497-503)
24 Mar Shila (503-c.520)
25 Mar Narsai Elisha (c.520-c.535)
26 Mar Paul I (c.535-c.540)
27 Mar Aba I (c.540-552)
28 Mar Joseph I (552-566)
29 Mar Ezekiel (566-581)
30 Mar Isho-Yab I (581-596)
31 Mar Sabrisho I (596-604)
32 Mar Gregorius I (604-607)
vacant (607-628)
Mar Babai the Great
Babai the Great

Babai the Great was an early church father, who set some of the foundational pillars of the Assyrian Church of the East.He was the unofficial head of his church, revived the Assyrian monastic movement, and formulated its Christology in a systematic way....
(coadjutor) 609-628; together with...
Mar Aba (coadjutor) 609-628
33 Mar Isho-Yab II (628-644)
34 Mar Emme (644-647)
vacant (647-649)
35 Mar Isho-Yab III (649-660)
36 Mar Guiwarguis I (661-680)
37 Mar Yohannan I Bar Marta (680-682)
vacant (682-685)
38 Mar Hnan-Isho I (685-700)
vacant (700-714)
39 Mar Sliwa Zkha (714-728)
vacant (728-731)
40 Mar Pethion (731-740)
41 Mar Aba (741-751)
42 Mar Sorine (752)
vacant (752-754)
43 Mar Yacob II (754-773)
44 Mar Hnan-Isho II (774-780)
45 Mar Timothee I
Mar Timothee I

Timothy I , Patriarch of Baghdad and head of the Church of the East from 779, was a writer of scientific, theological, liturgical, and canonical books....
(780-c.825)
46 Mar Isho Ben Noun (c.825-828)
47 Mar Guiwarguis II (828-832)
48 Mar Sabrisho II (832-836)
49 Mar Abraham II (837-850)
vacant (850-853)

(With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
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50 Mar Theodossious I (853-858)
vacant (853-860)
51 Mar Sarguis I (860-872)
vacant (872-877)
52 Mar Israel (877)
53 Mar Anoshel (877-884)
54 Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai (884-892)
55 Mar Yohannan III (893-899)
56 Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare (900-905)
57 Mar Abraham III (905-937)
58 Mar Emmanuel I (937-960)
59 Mar Israel Karkhaya (961-962)
60 Mar Abdisho I (963-986)
61 Mar Bar Tobia (987-1000)
62 Mar Yohannan V (1000-1012)
63 Mar Yohannan VI Bar Nazuk (1012-1020)
64 Mar Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel (1020-1025)
vacant (1025-1028)
65 Mar Eliyya I (1028-1049)
66 Mar Yohannan VII Bar Targala (1049-1057)
67 Mar Sabrisho III (1057-1071)
68 Mar Abdisho II bar Ars Autraya (1071-1091)
69 Mar Makkikha I Bar Shlemon (1092-1110)
70 Mar Eliyya II Bar Maqli (1110-1132)
71 Mar Bar Sauma I (1133-1136)
vacant (1136-1139)
72 Mar Abdisho III Bar Moqli (1139-1148)
73 Mar Isho-Yab V (1148-1176)
74 Mar Elie III (1176-1190)
75 Mar Yab-Alaha II Bar Qaiyuma (1190-1222)
76 Mar Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma (1222-1226)
77 Mar Sabrisho V Bar Almassihi (1226-1256)
78 Mar Makkikha II
Mar Makkikha II

Mar Makkikha II, was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1257 until his death in 1265, when he was replaced by Mar Denha I. He had succeeded Mar Sabrisho V Bar Almassihi....
(1257-1265)
79 Mar Denha I
Mar Denha I

Mar Denha, also Mar Denha I was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1266 until his death in 1281, when he was replaced by Mar Yaballaha III....
(1265-1282)

(With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to Tabriz
Tabriz

Tabriz is the largest city in northwestern Iran. It is situated north of the volcanic cone of Sahand, south of the Eynali mountain. It is the capital of East Azarbaijan Province....
.)

80 Mar Yaballaha III
Mar Yaballaha III

Mar Yaballaha III , known in earlier years as Rabban Marcos or Markos, was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1281 to 1317. As a young man, he engaged in a remarkable journey, which began as an ascetic monk's pilgrimage from China to Jerusalem, led him to the Patriarch position in Baghdad, and brought him to recommend his f...
Bar Turkaye (1283-1317)
81 Mar Timothee II (1318-1332)
82 Mar Denha II (1332-1364)

(With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul
Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
.)

83 Mar Shimun II (1365-1392)
vacant (1392-1403)
84 Mar Shimun III (1403-1407)
vacant (1407-1437)
85 Mar Eliyya IV (1437)
86 Mar Shimun IV (1437-1497)
87 Mar Shimun V (1497-1501)
vacant (15014-1503)
88 Mar Shimun VI (1503-1538)

(With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to Alqosh
Alqosh

Alqosh or Alqush is one of the most famous Assyrians towns in Iraq. It is located 30 kilometers north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from a compound Assyrian Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where...
.)

89 Mar Shimun VII (1538-1551)

In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see Catholic Chaldean Patriarchs of Babylon
List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon

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 Roman Catholic Church....
.

90 Mar Shimun VIII (1552-1558)
91 Mar Shimun IX (1558)
92 Mar Eliyya VI (1558-1576)
93 Mar Eliyya VII (1576-1591)
94 Mar Eliyya VIII (1591-1617)

In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII, entered communion with the Catholic Church. This created a situation in which there are two rival claimants approved by Rome, in one see. He died however in 1617 and his successor quickly repudiated the union.

95 Mar Eliyya IX (1617-1660)

From Patriarchs Eliyya X to Eliyya XIII, attempts where made to resolve the schism and enter communion with the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
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96 Mar Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin (1660-1700)
97 Mar Eliyya XI Marogin (1700-1722)
98 Mar Elyya XII Denha (1722-1778)
99 Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab (1778-1804)

In 1804 the Assyrian Church in Alqosh under Patriarch Yohannan VIII Hormizd
Yohannan Hormizd

Mar Yohannan VIII Hormizd Abuna ? was the last incumbent of the centuries-old see of Alqosh of the Church of the East and the first Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1830 to 1838....
decided to enter in Communion with Rome, merging with the Catholic "Josephite" line of Amid and thus forming the modern Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church or the Chaldean Church of Babylon is an Eastern Catholic Churches Particular_church#Autonomous_particular_Churches_or_Rites of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church....
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In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha (based in Qochanis) broke communion
Full communion

Full communion is a term used in Christianity ecclesiology to describe the relationship of communion , with mutually recognized sharing of the same essential doctrines, between a Christian community and other communities or between that community and individuals....
with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was appointed by the Vatican
Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church....
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97 Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662) 1681-1700

(With Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul
Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
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97 Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700-1740)
98 Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740-1780)
99 Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan (1780-1820)
100 Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (1820-1860)
101 Mar Shimun XVIII Rouel (1860-1903)
102 Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1903-1918)
103 Mar Shimun XXII Paulos (1918-1920)
Locum Tenens
Mar Yosip Khnanisho (coadjutor) (1918-1920)
Mar Abimaleck Timotheus (coadjutor) (1920)

(With Mar Shimun XXIII (XXI) Eshai, the Patriachate was in exile in Chicago, Illinois, USA.)

104 Mar Shimun XXIII Eshai (1920-1975) (assassinated)

A schism in the church in 1964 caused an election of a rival patriarch in Baghdad in 1968.

105 Mar Dinkha IV Khanania
Mar Khanania Dinkha IV

Mar Dinkha IV is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born Dinkha Khananya on September 15, 1935 in the village of Darbandokeh, Iraq, and was baptism in the Church of Mar Qaryaqos located in the village of his birth....
(1976-Present)

See also

Patriarchs
Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East
Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic and Catholic Assyrian Church of the East is a Christian church that traces its origins to the episcopal see of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle....