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 patriarchate was recognized by the Holy See following the reconciliation of Mar Yohanan Soulaqa with Rome in 1552. This list continues from the Patriarchs of Babylon that traces itself back from St. Thomas in the 1st century.

[edit] Catholicoi and Patriarchs of Babylon for the Chaldeans

(The Catholic Patriarchs were originally based in Diyarbakir)

90 Mar Yohanan Soulaqa (Mar Shimun VIII Sulaqa) (1552-1555)
91 Mar Abdisho IV Maroun (1555-1567)
- vacant (1567-1578)
92 Mar Yab-Alaha V (1578-1580)

(With Mar Shimun IX Dinkha, the Patriachate transferred to Urmia.)

93 Mar Shimun IX Dinkha (1580-1600)
94 Mar Shimun X Eliyah (1600-1638)

In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII (1591-1617), Assyrian Patriarch in Alqosh, entered communion with the Catholic Church. This created a situation in which there are two rival claimants approved by Rome, in one see. Eliyya VIII, however died in 1617 and his successor quickly repudiated the union.

95 Mar Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638-1656)
96 Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656-1662)

(With Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha, the Patriachate transferred to Qochanis.)

97 Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662-1681)

In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha broke communion with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was appointed by the Vatican; The church then appointed a new patriarch based in Diyarbakir. Mar Shimun XIII continues to be patriarch and his successors are leaders of the Assyrian Church of the East.

(The Chaldean Patriarchs based in Diyarbakir)

98 Mar Joseph I (1681-1695)
99 Mar Joseph II Sliba Bet Ma'aruf (1696-1713)
100 Mar Joseph III Maraugin (1713-1757)
101 Mar Joseph IV Hindi (1757-1781)
102 Mar Joseph V Hindi (1781-1828); apostolic administrator until 1804.

In 1804, with the death of Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab, the Assyrian Church in Alqosh accepted the authority of the Chaldean Patriarchs through Youhanan Hormez (later patriarch in 1830).

- vacant (1828-1830)

(With Yohanan VIII Hormez, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)

103 Mar Yohanan VIII Hormez (1830-1838)
- vacant (1838-1840)
104 Mar Nicolawos Zaya' (1840-1848)
105 Mar Joseph VI Audo (1848-1878)
106 Mar Eliyya XIV Abo-Alyonan (1878-1894)
107 Mar Abdisho V Khayat (1894-1899)
108 Mar Joseph Emmanuel II Thoma (1900-1946)

(With Mar Joseph VII Ghanima, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.)

109 Mar Joseph VII Ghanima (1946-1958)
110 Mar Paul II Cheikho (1958-1989)
111 Mar Raphael I Bidawid (1989-2003)
- Mar Shlemon Wardoni (2003) (Locum Tenens)
112 Mar Emmanuel III Karim-Delly (2003-Present)