Mar Shimun

Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East:

• Mar Simeon Barsabae, also known as Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e (c. 329-c. 341), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun II (1365-1392), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun III (1403-1407), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun IV (1437-1497), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun V (1497-1501), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun VI (1503-1538), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun VII (1538-1551), Church of the East
• Mar Shimun VIII (1552-1558), Church of the East
• Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (1553-1555), first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Mar Shimun IX (1558)
• Mar Shimun IX Dinkha (1580-1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Mar Shimun X Eliyah (1600-1638)
• Mar Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638-1656)
• Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656-1662)
• Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662) 1681-1700, Patriarch who broke the Communion with Rome. Successors became leaders of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700-1740), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740-1780), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan (1780-1820), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (1820-1860), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860-1903), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1903-1918), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XXII Paulos (1918-1920), Assyrian Church of the East
• Mar Shimun XXIII Eshai (1920-1975) (assassinated), Assyrian Church of the East

See also

• List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
• List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon