- List of Patriarchs of Babylon
The Patriarch of
Assyria , also called the Assyrian Patriarch, is the leader and head bishop of theAssyrian Church of the East , formerly based inMosul ,Iraq , and now in exile inChicago .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, (St. Thaddeus of Edessa)
* 2Mar Agai (c. 66-c. 87)
* 3Mar Mari (c. 87-c. 120)
* 4Mar Abris (c. 121-c. 137)
** "SOLATUBNAIA" (c. 137-c. 159)
* 5Mar Abraham I (c. 159-c. 171)
* 6Mar Yacob I (c. 172-c. 190)
* 7Mar Ahha c. 190-c. 220
* 8Mar Shahioupa (c. 220-c. 240)
** "vacant" (c. 240-c. 317)
* 9Mar Papa bar Gaggai (c. 317-c. 329)
* 10 Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e (c. 329-c. 341)
* 11Mar Shalidoste (c. 341-c. 345)
* 12Mar Bar Bashmin (c. 345-c. 350)
** "vacant" (c. 350-c. 363)
* 13Mar Toumarsa (c. 363-c. 371)
* 14Mar Qaioma (c. 371-399)
* 15Mar Issac (399-c.410)
* 16Mar Ahha (c.410-415)
* 17Mar Yab-Alaha I (415-420)
* 18Mar Maana (420)
* 19Mar Frabokht (420-421)
* 20Mar Dadisho I (421-456)"The decrees of the
Council of Ephesus in431 is not accepted by the Church of the East, causing a schism between it and thePentarchy ."* 21
Mar Babwahi (457-484)
* 22Mar Aqaq-Acace (484-496)
* 23Mar Babai I (497-503)
* 24Mar Shila (503-c.520)
* 25Mar Narsai Elisha (c.520-c.535)
* 26Mar Paul I (c.535-c.540)
* 27Mar Aba I (c.540-552)
* 28Mar Joseph I (552-566)
* 29Mar Ezekiel (566-581)
* 30Mar Isho-Yab I (581-596)
* 31Mar Sabrisho I (596-604)
* 32Mar Gregorius I (604-607)
** "vacant" (607-628)
*** Mar Babai the Great (coadjutor) 609-628; together with...
***Mar Aba (coadjutor) 609-628
* 33Mar Isho-Yab II (628-644)
* 34Mar Emme (644-647)
** "vacant" (647-649)
* 35Mar Isho-Yab III (649-660)
* 36Mar Guiwarguis I (661-680)
* 37Mar Yohannan I Bar Marta (680-682)
** "vacant" (682-685)
* 38Mar Hnan-Isho I (685-700)
** "vacant" (700-714)
* 39Mar Sliwa Zkha (714-728)
** "vacant" (728-731)
* 40Mar Pethion (731-740)
* 41Mar Aba (741-751)
* 42Mar Sorine (752)
** "vacant" (752-754)
* 43Mar Yacob II (754-773)
* 44Mar Hnan-Isho II (774-780)
* 45Mar Timothee I (780-c.825)
* 46Mar Isho Ben Noun (c.825-828)
* 47Mar Guiwarguis II (828-832)
* 48Mar Sabrisho II (832-836)
* 49Mar Abraham II (837-850)
** "vacant" (850-853)"(With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to
Baghdad .)"* 50
Mar Theodossious I (853-858)
** "vacant" (853-860)
* 51Mar Sarguis I (860-872)
** "vacant" (872-877)
* 52Mar Israel (877)
* 53Mar Anoshel (877-884)
* 54Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai (884-892)
* 55Mar Yohannan III (893-899)
* 56Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare (900-905)
* 57Mar Abraham III (905-937)
* 58Mar Emmanuel I (937-960)
* 59Mar Israel Karkhaya (961-962)
* 60Mar Abdisho I (963-986)
* 61Mar Bar Tobia (987-1000)
* 62Mar Yohannan V (1000-1012)
* 63Mar Yohannan VI Bar Nazuk (1012-1020)
* 64Mar Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel (1020-1025)
** "vacant" (1025-1028)
* 65Mar Eliyya I (1028-1049)
* 66Mar Yohannan VII Bar Targala (1049-1057)
* 67Mar Sabrisho III (1057-1071)
* 68Mar Abdisho II bar Ars Autraya (1071-1091)
* 69Mar Makkikha I Bar Shlemon (1092-1110)
* 70Mar Eliyya II Bar Maqli (1110-1132)
* 71Mar Bar Sauma I (1133-1136)
** "vacant" (1136-1139)
* 72Mar Abdisho III Bar Moqli (1139-1148)
* 73Mar Isho-Yab V (1148-1176)
* 74Mar Elie III (1176-1190)
* 75Mar Yab-Alaha II Bar Qaiyuma (1190-1222)
* 76Mar Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma (1222-1226)
* 77Mar Sabrisho V Bar Almassihi (1226-1256)
* 78Mar Makkikha II (1257-1265)
* 79Mar Denha I (1265-1282)"(With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to
Tabriz .)"* 80
Mar Yaballaha III Bar Turkaye (1283-1317)
* 81Mar Timothee II (1318-1332)
* 82Mar Denha II (1332-1364)"(With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to
Mosul .)"* 83
Mar Shimun II (1365-1392)
** "vacant" (1392-1403)
* 84Mar Shimun III (1403-1407)
** "vacant" (1407-1437)
* 85Mar Eliyya IV (1437)
* 86Mar Shimun IV (1437-1497)
* 87Mar Shimun V (1497-1501)
** "vacant" (15014-1503)
* 88Mar Shimun VI (1503-1538)"(With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to
Alqosh .)"* 89
Mar Shimun VII (1538-1551)"In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see Catholic Chaldean Patriarchs of Babylon."
* 90
Mar Shimun VIII (1552-1558)
* 91Mar Shimun IX (1558)
* 92Mar Eliyya VI (1558-1576)
* 93Mar Eliyya VII (1576-1591)
* 94Mar 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 in1617 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 ."* 96
Mar Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin (1660-1700)
* 97Mar Eliyya XI Marogin (1700-1722)
* 98Mar Elyya XII Denha (1722-1778)
* 99Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab (1778-1804)"In 1804 the Assyrian Church in Alqosh under the personage of
Youhanan VIII Hormez (Patriarch 1830-1838) decided to accept the authority of the Chaldean Catholic Church.""In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha (based in Qochanis) broke communion with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was appointed by the Vatican."
* 97
Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662) 1681-1700"(With Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha, the Patriachate transferred to
Mosul .)"* 97
Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700-1740)
* 98Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740-1780)
* 99Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan (1780-1820)
* 100Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (1820-1860)
* 101Mar Shimun XVIII Rouel (1860-1903)
* 102Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1903-1918)
* 103Mar 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 in1968 ."* 105 Mar Dinkha IV Khanania (1976-Present)
See also
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Patriarchs
*Assyrian Church of the East
*Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East References
* [http://www.nestorian.org/nestorian_patriarchs.html Nestorian Patriarchs]
* [http://bethmardutho.cua.edu/hugoye/Vol2No2/HV2N2Murre.html The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries]
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