Addai II Giwargis

His Holiness Mar Addai II ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ
Religion	Ancient Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ
Personal
Nationality	Assyrian
Born	1 August 1950(1950-08-01) (aged -60) Iraq
Senior posting
Based in	Baghdad, Iraq
Title	Catholicos Patriarch of the East
Period in office	1972 Feb. 20 -
Predecessor	His Holiness Patriarch Mar Thoma Darmo
Religious career
Ordination	St. Zaia Cathedral, Baghdad, Iraq, 1972 Feb. 20
Previous post	Metropolitan
Post	2nd Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East

Mar Addai II (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ), born Shimun Giwargis, (born in Iraq on 1 August 1950, although some sources cite 1946 or 1948) is the incumbent Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in the Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Baghdad, Iraq.,^[1]

He was elected to the position of Catholicos-Patriarch in February 1970, several months after the death of Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Thoma Darmo, and consecrated 20 February 1972.^[2]

References

1. ^ St. Mary's Cathedral, the home of His Holiness Mar Addai II, Patriarch of The Ancient Church of the East, was bombed Sunday morning.
2. ^ History of Eastern Christianity (Malayalam) by Dr.Mar Aphrem Metropolitan. The Theological Literature Council, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India

Preceded by Thoma Darmo

Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East 1970–present

Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Addai 02
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	2009-11-0
Place of birth	Iraq
Date of death	1 August 1950
Place of death