Shimun (disambiguation)

Shimun, also written as Shemʿon (Shemon) is Syriac for Simon.

Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon:

• Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon II (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon III (1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon IV (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VIII (1552–1558), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (1553–1555), first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun IX (1558)
• Shimun IX Dinkha (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East until 1700
• Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVI Yohannan (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XXI Benyamin (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XXII Paulos (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XXIII Eshai (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

See also

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