H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Louis SAKO    Patriarch of Babylon on the Chaldeans

List of names of current Bishops of the Chaldean Church:

H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Saad SIROP,                     Auxiliary Bishop
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Shlemon WARDONI,      Auxiliary Bishop
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Mekha MAQDASSI,         Bishop of Elqosh
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Bashar WARDA,             Archbishop Emeritus of Erbil
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Jacques ISHAQ,             Titular Archbishop Emeritus of Erbil
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Emil NONA,                    Bishop of Mosul
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Raban alQAS,                 Bishop of Ammadeya
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Putros alHARBOLI,       Bishop of Duhok and Zakho
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Paul KARATASH,         Archbishop of Diar-Baker
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Hanna ZORA,              Archbishop of Canada
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Michel KASSARJI,      Bishop of Lebanon
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Antoine AUDO              Bishop of Syria
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Ramzi GARMO,          Archbishop of Tahran
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Habib Al-NAUFLI,         Archbishop of Basra and Southern Iraq
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Gabriel KASSAB,         Archbishop of Australia
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Yousif TOMA,              Archbishop of Kirkuk 
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Frank KALABAT,      Archbishop of Eastern Unites States of America
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Ibrahim IBRAHIM,      Archbishop of Eastern Unites States of America (Retired)
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Sarhad JAMMO,          Bishop of Western Unites States of America
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Yousif SARRAF,          Bishop of Cairo
H.Exc. Mgr. Mar Thomas MERAM,         Archbishop of Urmia and Salamas

List of All the Patriarchs of the Church of the East

                                               SUCCESSION OF PATRIARCHS OF
                                                       CHURCH OF THE EAST
                                                                                                                                                                           Year                                                         Residence

1. Mar (Saint) Thomas, the Apostle	35-37	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
2. Mar Addai (Thaddeus)	37-65	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
3. Mar Aggai	66-87	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
4. Mar Mari	88-120	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
5. Mar Abres	121-137	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
6. Mar Abraham I of Kashkar	159-171	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
7. Mar Yaco I	172-190	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
8. Mar Ahha d'Aboui	190-220	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
9. Mar Shahioupa	220-240	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 240-317
10. Mar Papa	317-329	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
11. Mar Shimoun Bar Sabba'e	329-341	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
12. Mar Shalidoste	341-345	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
13. Mar Barbashmin	345-350	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 350-363
14. Mar Toumarsa	363-371	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
15. Mar Qaioma	372-399	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
16. Mar Issac	399-410	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
17. Mar Ahha	410-415	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
18. Mar Yab-Alaha I	415-420	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
19. Maana	420	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
20. Mar Frabokht	420-421	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
21. Mar Dadisho I	421-456	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
22. Mar Babwahi	457-484	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
23. Mar Aqaq-Acace	485-496	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
24. Mar Babai I	497-503	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
25. Mar Shila	503-523	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
26. Mar Narsai Elisha	524-539	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
27. Mar Paul I	539-540	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
28. Mar Aba I	540-552	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
29. Mar Joseph I	552-566	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
30. Mar Ezecbiel	566-581	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
31. Mar Isho-Yab I d'Arzoun	582-595	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
32. Mar Sabrisho I	596-604	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
33. Mar Gregorius I	605-609	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 609-628
34. Mar Isho-Yab II de Guedal	628-645	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
35. Mar Emme	645-649	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
36. Mar Isho Yab III d'Adiabene	649-660	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
37. Mar Guiwarguis (Georges) I	661-680	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
38. Mar Yohanna I Bar Marta	681-683	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 683-685
39. Mar Hnan-Isho I	685-700	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 700-714
40. Mar Sliwa Zkha	714-728	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 728-731
41. Mar Pethion	731-740	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
42. Mar Aba II	741-751	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
43. Mar Sorine	754	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
44. Mar Yaco II	754-773	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
45. Mar Hnan-Isho II	774-780	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
46. Mar Timothee I	780-823	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
47. Mar Isho Ben Noun	823-828	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
48. Mar Guiwarguis II	828-830	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
49. Mar Sabrisho II	831-836	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
50. Mar Abraham II de Marga	837-850	Seleucie-Ctesiphon
	VACANT 850-853
51. Mar Theodossious I of Athanassious	853-858	Baghdad
	VACANT 858-860
52. Mar Sarguis (Sergius) I	860-872	Baghdad
	VACANT 872-877
53. Mar Israel of Kashkar	877	Baghdad
54. Mar Anoshel	877-884	Baghdad
55. Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai	884-892	Baghdad
56. Mar Yohannan III	893-899	Baghdad
57. Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare	900-905	Baghdad
58. Mar Abraham III Abraza	905-937	Baghdad
59. Mar Emmanuel I	937-960	Baghdad
60. Mar Israel	961-962	Baghdad
61. Mar Abdisho I	963-986	Baghdad
62. Mar Bar-Tobia II	987-1000	Baghdad
63. Yohannan V Ibn Issa	1000-1011	Baghdad
64. Yohannan VI Nazouk	1012-1020	Baghdad
65. Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel	1020-1025	Baghdad
	VACANT 1025-1028
66. Eliyya I	1028-1049	Baghdad
67. Yohannan VII Bar Targala	1049-1057	Baghdad
68. Sabrisho II Zambour	1057-1071	Baghdad
69. Abdisho II Ibn Aridh	1072-1091	Baghdad
70. Mackikha I	1092-1110	Baghdad
71. Eliyya II Bar Moqli	1110-1132	Baghdad
72. Bar-Sauma I	1133-1136	Baghdad
	VACANT 1136-1139
73. Abdisho III Bar Moqli	1139-1148	Baghdad
74. Isho-Yab V Albaladi	1148-1176	Baghdad
75. Elie III (Abou Halim)	1176-1190	Baghdad
76. Yab-Alaha	1190-1222	Baghdad
77. Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma	1222-1226	Baghdad
78. Sabrisho V Ibn-Almassihi	1226-1256	Baghdad
79. Mackikha II	1257-1265	Baghdad
80. Denha I (Epiphane)	1265-1282	Baghdad
81. Yab-Alaha III	1283-1317	Maragha, Persia
82. Timothee II	1318-1332	Erbil
83. Denha II	1332-1364	Karemles
84. Shimoun II	1365-1392	Mosul
	VACANT 1392-1403
85. Shimoun III	1403-1407	Mosul
	VACANT 1407-1437
86. Eliyya IV	1437	Mosul
87. Shimoun IV Bassidi	1437-1497	Mosul

88. Shimoun V	1497-1501	Mar Yohannan, Turkey
89. Eliyya V	1502-1503	Mar Yohannan
90. Shimoun VI	1504-1538	Rabban Hormez, Alqosh
91. Shimoun VII	1538-1555	Rabban Hormez

After the success of Rome in splitting the Church of the East and having a Catholic Chaldean group reporting directly to it, the Church of the East was thrown into a total chaos were Patriarchs were changing allegiances between Rome back and forth to the old church. Hence, while Yohanan Soulaqa was the first Chaldean Patriarch in 1552, his line came to an end when in 1662 Shimoun XIII Denha renounced Catholicism and returned to the old church (the current line of the Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East). Hence creating two Patriarchs for the Church of the East . By the same token, in 1607 Eliyya VIII was accepted as Catholic, hence creating two Chaldean Patriarchs. In 1672, Yousef (Joseph), the Archbishop of Diarbakir (Amed), a particularly Catholic center, followed the advice of the Capuchin missionaries and withdrew from communion with Mar Eliyya, again creating two Chaldean Patriarchs. The following is a list of the line of the different Patriarchs:

         Continuation of the line of the Church of the East to the current Chaldean Patriarch
                              (* next to a name indicates a Catholic Chaldean allegiance)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Year                                                     Residence

92. Shimoun VIII	1555-1558	Rabban Hirmizd
93. Eliyya VI	1558-1576	Rabban Hirmizd
94. Eliyya VII	1576-1591	Rabban Hirmizd
95. Eliyya VIII	1591-1617	Rabban Hirmezd
96. Eliyya IX Shimoun	1617-1660	Rabban Hirmizd
97. Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin	1660-1700	Rabban Hirmizd
98. Eliyya XI Marogin	1700-1722	Rabban Hirmizd
99. Elyya XII Denha	1772-1778	Rabban Hirmizd
100. Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab	1778-1804	Rabban Hirmizd
101. Yohannan VII Hormez*	1830-1838	Mosul
102. Nicolas Zaya*	1840-1848	Mosul
103. Joseph VI Audo*	1848-1878	Mosul
104. Elie XIV Abo-Alyonan*	1879-1894	Mosul
105. Abdisho V Khayat*	1894-1899	Mosul
106. Joseph Emmanuel II Toma*	1900-1947	Mosul
107. Joseph VII Ghanima*	1947-1958	Baghdad
108. Paul II Cheikho*	1958-1989	Baghdad
109. Raphael I BeDaweed*	1989-Date	Baghdad

                                        Line of the Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East
                                     (* next to a name indicates a Catholic Chaldean allegiance)
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Year                                                  Residence

1. Yohanan Soulaqa* (Shimoun VIII)	1552-1555	Amed, Turkey
2. Abdisho IV Maroun*	1555-1567	Sirt, Turkey
3. Yab-Alaha V*	1578-1580	Sirt
4. Shimoun IX Denha*	1581-1600	Urmia, Iran
5. Shimoun X*	1600-1638	Salamas, Iran
6. Shimoun XI*	1638-1656	Salamas
7. Shimoun XII*	1656-1662	Urmia
8. Shimoun XIII Denha	1662-1700	Qotshani, Turkey
9. Shimoun XIV Sleman	1700-1740	Qotshani
10. Shimoun XV Maqdassi	1740-1780	Qotshani
11. Shimoun XVI Yohanan	1780-1820	Qotshani
12. Shimoun XVII Abraham	1820-1861	Qotshani
13. Shimoun XVIII Rouel	1861-1903	Qotshani
14. Shimoun XIX Benyamin        (assassinated)	1903-1918	Salamas
15. Shimoun XX Paulos	1918-1920	Mosul
16. Shimoun XXI Ishaya        (assassinated)	1920-1975	San Francisco, US
17. Mar Denha IV	1976-Date	Chicago

                                                      List of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs
                                                                                                                                                                        Year                                                               Residence

1. Yohanan Soulaqa (Shimoun VIII)	1552-1555	Amed, Turkey
2. Abdisho IV Maroun	1555-1567	Sirt, Turkey
3. Yab-Alaha V	1578-1580	Sirt
4. Shimoun IX Denha	1581-1600	Urmia, Iran
5. Shimoun X	1600-1638	Salamas, Iran
6. Shimoun XI	1638-1656	Salamas
7. Shimoun XII	1656-1662	Urmia
8. Joseph I	1681-1695	Amed (Diar Baker), Turkey
9. Joseph II	1696-1713	Amed
10. Joseph III	1713-1757	Amed
11. Joseph IV	1757-1781	Amed
12. Joseph V	1804-1828	Amed
13. Youhanan VIII Hormez	1830-1838	Mosul
14. Nicolawos Zaya'	1838-1847	Mosul
15. Joseph VI Audo	1848-1878	Mosul
16. Eliyya XIV Abbo-Alyonan	1879-1894	Mosul
17. Abdisho V Khayat	1894-1899	Mosul
18. Joseph Emmanuel II Toma	1900-1947	Mosul
19. Joseph VII Ghanima	1947-1958	Baghdad
20. Paul II Cheikho	1958-1989	Baghdad
21. Raphael I BeDaweed	1989-2003	Baghdad

Many thanks go to Fr. Yoshia Sana of the Assyrian Chaldean Church of St. Mary in San Jose, CA for his valuable assistance and help in providing many references where the above information was compiled from.