List of All the Patriarchs of
the Church of the East
List of names of current Bishops of the Chaldean Church:
H.B. Mar Louis SAKO,
Patriarch of Babylon for the Chaldeans
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
SUCCESSION OF PATRIARCHS OF
CHURCH OF THE EAST
Year
Residence
| 1. Mar (Saint) Thomas, the Apostle |
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Seleucie-Ctesiphon |
| 2. Mar Addai (Thaddeus) |
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| 3. Mar Aggai |
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| 4. Mar Mari |
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| 5. Mar Abres |
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| 6. Mar Abraham I of Kashkar |
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| 7. Mar Yaco I |
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| 8. Mar Ahha d'Aboui |
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| 9. Mar Shahioupa |
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| 10. Mar Papa |
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| 11. Mar Shimoun Bar Sabba'e |
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| 12. Mar Shalidoste |
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| 13. Mar Barbashmin |
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| 14. Mar Toumarsa |
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| 15. Mar Qaioma |
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| 16. Mar Issac |
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| 17. Mar Ahha |
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| 18. Mar Yab-Alaha I |
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| 19. Maana |
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| 20. Mar Frabokht |
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| 21. Mar Dadisho I |
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| 22. Mar Babwahi |
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| 23. Mar Aqaq-Acace |
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| 24. Mar Babai I |
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| 25. Mar Shila |
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| 26. Mar Narsai Elisha |
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| 27. Mar Paul I |
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| 28. Mar Aba I |
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| 29. Mar Joseph I |
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| 30. Mar Ezecbiel |
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| 31. Mar Isho-Yab I d'Arzoun |
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| 32. Mar Sabrisho I |
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| 33. Mar Gregorius I |
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| 34. Mar Isho-Yab II de Guedal |
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| 35. Mar Emme |
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| 36. Mar Isho Yab III d'Adiabene |
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| 37. Mar Guiwarguis (Georges) I |
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| 38. Mar Yohanna I Bar Marta |
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| 39. Mar Hnan-Isho I |
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| 40. Mar Sliwa Zkha |
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| 41. Mar Pethion |
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| 42. Mar Aba II |
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| 43. Mar Sorine |
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| 44. Mar Yaco II |
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| 45. Mar Hnan-Isho II |
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| 46. Mar Timothee I |
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| 47. Mar Isho Ben Noun |
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| 48. Mar Guiwarguis II |
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| 49. Mar Sabrisho II |
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| 50. Mar Abraham II de Marga |
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| 51. Mar Theodossious I of Athanassious |
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| 52. Mar Sarguis (Sergius) I |
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| 53. Mar Israel of Kashkar |
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| 54. Mar Anoshel |
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| 55. Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai |
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| 56. Mar Yohannan III |
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| 57. Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare |
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| 58. Mar Abraham III Abraza |
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| 59. Mar Emmanuel I |
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| 60. Mar Israel |
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| 61. Mar Abdisho I |
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| 62. Mar Bar-Tobia II |
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| 63. Yohannan V Ibn Issa |
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| 64. Yohannan VI Nazouk |
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| 65. Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel |
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| 66. Eliyya I |
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| 67. Yohannan VII Bar Targala |
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| 68. Sabrisho II Zambour |
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| 69. Abdisho II Ibn Aridh |
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| 70. Mackikha I |
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| 71. Eliyya II Bar Moqli |
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| 72. Bar-Sauma I |
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| 73. Abdisho III Bar Moqli |
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| 74. Isho-Yab V Albaladi |
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| 75. Elie III (Abou Halim) |
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| 76. Yab-Alaha |
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| 77. Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma |
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| 78. Sabrisho V Ibn-Almassihi |
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| 79. Mackikha II |
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| 80. Denha I (Epiphane) |
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| 81. Yab-Alaha III |
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| 82. Timothee II |
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| 83. Denha II |
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| 84. Shimoun II |
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| 85. Shimoun III |
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| 86. Eliyya IV |
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| 87. Shimoun IV Bassidi |
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| 88. Shimoun V |
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| 89. Eliyya V |
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| 90. Shimoun VI |
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| 91. Shimoun VII |
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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 |
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| 93. Eliyya VI |
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| 94. Eliyya VII |
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| 95. Eliyya VIII |
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| 96. Eliyya IX Shimoun |
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| 97. Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin |
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| 98. Eliyya XI Marogin |
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| 99. Elyya XII Denha |
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| 100. Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab |
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| 101. Yohannan VII Hormez* |
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| 102. Nicolas Zaya* |
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| 103. Joseph VI Audo* |
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| 104. Elie XIV Abo-Alyonan* |
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| 105. Abdisho V Khayat* |
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| 106. Joseph Emmanuel II Toma* |
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| 107. Joseph VII Ghanima* |
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| 108. Paul II Cheikho* |
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| 109. Raphael I BeDaweed* |
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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) |
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| 2. Abdisho IV Maroun* |
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| 3. Yab-Alaha V* |
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| 4. Shimoun IX Denha* |
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| 5. Shimoun X* |
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| 6. Shimoun XI* |
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| 7. Shimoun XII* |
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| 8. Shimoun XIII Denha |
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| 9. Shimoun XIV Sleman |
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| 10. Shimoun XV Maqdassi |
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| 11. Shimoun XVI Yohanan |
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| 12. Shimoun XVII Abraham |
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| 13. Shimoun XVIII Rouel |
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| 14. Shimoun XIX Benyamin (assassinated) |
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| 15. Shimoun XX Paulos |
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| 16. Shimoun XXI Ishaya (assassinated) |
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| 17. Mar Denha IV |
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List of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs
Year
Residence
| 1. Yohanan Soulaqa (Shimoun VIII) |
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| 2. Abdisho IV Maroun |
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| 3. Yab-Alaha V |
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| 4. Shimoun IX Denha |
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| 5. Shimoun X |
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| 6. Shimoun XI |
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| 7. Shimoun XII |
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| 8. Joseph I |
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| 9. Joseph II |
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| 10. Joseph III |
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| 11. Joseph IV |
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| 12. Joseph V |
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| 13. Youhanan VIII Hormez |
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| 14. Nicolawos Zaya' |
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| 15. Joseph VI Audo |
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| 16. Eliyya XIV Abbo-Alyonan |
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| 17. Abdisho V Khayat |
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| 18. Joseph Emmanuel II Toma |
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| 19. Joseph VII Ghanima |
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| 20. Paul II Cheikho |
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| 21. Raphael I BeDaweed |
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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.