Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Patriarch of Babylon is the leader of the Assyrian Church of the East. Table of contents 1 Orthodox Patriarchs 2 Nestorian Patriarchs 3 Nestorian Patriarchs in Alqosh 4 Catholic Patriarchs 5 Assyrian Patriarchs in Qochanis 6 Chaldean Patriarchs Orthodox Patriarchs 1 Saint Thomas c.35 2 Mar Addai 3 Mar Agai 4 Mar Mari 5 Mar Abris 6 Mar Abraham I 7 Mar Yacob I 8 Mar Ahha 9 Mar Shahioupa vacant 10 Mar Papa bar Gaggai 11 Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e 12 Mar Shalidoste 13 Mar Bar Bashmin vacant 14 Mar Toumarsa 15 Mar Qaioma d.399 16 Mar Issac 399-c.410 17 Mar Ahha c.410-415 18 Mar Yab-Alaha I 415-420 19 Mar Maana 420 20 Mar Frabokht 420-421 21 Mar Dadisho I 421-456 Nestorian Patriarchs 22 Mar Babwahi 457-484 23 Mar Aqaq-Acace 484-496 24 Mar Babai I 497-503 25 Mar Shila 503-c.520 26 Mar Narsai Elisha c.520-c.535 27 Mar Paul I c.535-c.540 28 Mar Aba I c.540-552 29 Mar Joseph I 552-566 30 Mar Ezecbiel 566-581 31 Mar Isho-Yab I 581-596 32 Mar Sabrisho I 596-604 33 Mar Gregorius I 604-607 vacant 34 Mar Isho-Yab II 628-644 35 Mar Emme 644-647 36 Mar Isho-Yab III 649-660 37 Mar Guiwarguis I 661-680 38 Mar Yohannan I Bar Marta 680-682 vacant 39 Mar Hnan-Isho I 685-700 vacant 40 Mar Sliwa Zkha 714-728 vacant 41 Mar Pethion 731-740 42 Mar Aba 741-751 43 Mar Sorine 752 44 Mar Yacob II 754-773 45 Mar Hnan-Isho II 774-780 46 Mar Timothee I 780-c.825 47 Mar Isho Ben Noun c.825-828 48 Mar Guiwarguis II 828-832 49 Mar Sabrisho II 832-836 50 Mar Abraham II 837-850 vacant (With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.) 51 Mar Theodossious I 853-858 vacant 52 Mar Sarguis I 860-872 vacant 53 Mar Israel 877 54 Mar Anoshel 877-884 55 Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai 884-892 56 Mar Yohannan III 893-899 57 Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare 900-905 58 Mar Abraham III 905-937 59 Mar Emmanuel I 937-960 60 Mar Israel Karkhaya 961-962 61 Mar Abdisho I 963-986 62 Mar Bar Tobia 987-1000 63 Mar Yohannan V 1000-1012 64 Mar Yohannan VI Bar Nazuk 1012-1020 65 Mar Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel 1020-1025 vacant 66 Mar Eliyya I 1028-1049 67 Mar Yohannan VII Bar Targala 1049-1057 68 Mar Sabrisho III 1057-1071 69 Mar Abdisho II bar Ars Autraya 1071-1091 70 Mar Makkikha I Bar Shlemon 1092-1110 71 Mar Eliyya II Bar Maqli 1110-1132 72 Mar Bar Sauma I 1133-1136 vacant 73 Mar Abdisho III Bar Moqli 1139-1148 74 Mar Isho-Yab V 1148-1176 75 Mar Elie III 1176-1190 76 Mar Yab-Alaha II Bar Qaiyuma 1190-1222 77 Mar Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma 1222-1226 78 Mar Sabrisho V Bar Almassihi 1226-1256 79 Mar Makkikha II 1257-1265 80 Mar Denha I 1265-1282 (With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to Tabriz.) 81 Mar Yab-Alaha III Bar Turkaye 1283-1317 82 Mar Timothee II 1318-1332 83 Mar Denha II 1332-1364 (With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.) 84 Mar Shimun II 1365-1392 vacant 85 Mar Shimun III 1403-1407 vacant 86 Mar Eliyya IV 1437 87 Mar Shimun IV 1437-1497 88 Mar Shimun V 1497-1501 89 Mar Shimun VI 1503-1538 (With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to Alqosh.) 90 Mar Shimun VII 1538-1551 In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see below Nestorian Patriarchs in Alqosh 91 Mar Shimun VIII 1552-1558 92 Mar Shimun IX 1558 93 Mar Eliyya VI 1558-1576 94 Mar Eliyya VII 1576-1591 95 Mar Eliyya VIII 1591-1617 96 Mar Eliyya IX 1617-1660 97 Mar Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin 1660-1700 98 Mar Eliyya XI Marogin 1700-1722 99 Mar Elyya XII Denha 1722-1778 100 Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab 1778-1804 In 1804 the Assyrian Church in Alqosh decided to acept the authority of the Chaldean Patriarchs Catholic Patriarchs (The Catholic Patriarchs were originally based in Diyarbakir) 91 Mar Yohanan Soulaqa VIII 1552-1555 92 Mar Abdisho IV Maroun 1555-1567 vacant 93 Mar Yab-Alaha V 1578-1580 (With Mar Shimun IX Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Urmia.) 94 Mar Shimun IX Denkha 1580-1600 95 Mar Elia Shimun X 1600-1638 96 Mar Eshuyow Shimun XI 1638-1656 97 Mar Yoalaha Shimun XII 1656-1662 (With Mar Shimun XIII Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Qochanis.) 98 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha 1662-1700 In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha broke communion with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was apointed by the Vatican, see below Assyrian Patriarchs in Qochanis 99 Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon 1700-1740 100 Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail 1740-1780 101 Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan 1780-1820 102 Mar Shimun XVII Abraham 1820-1860 103 Mar Shimun XVIII Rouel 1860-1903 (With Mar Shimun XIII Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.) 104 Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin 1903-1918 105 Mar Shimun XX Paulos 1918-1920 (With Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya, the Patriachate was in exile in Chicago.) 106 Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya 1920-1975 107 Mar Dinkha IV 1976-pres. Chaldean Patriarchs (The Chaldean Patriarchs were originally based in Diyarbakir) 99 Mar Yusuf I 1681-1695 100 Mar Yusuf II 1696-1713 101 Mar Yusuf III 1713-1757 102 Mar Yusuf IV 1757-1781 vacant 103 Mar Yusuf V 1804-1828 (With Yohannan Hormez, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.) 104 Yohannan VII Hormez 1830-1838 105 Nicolas Zaya 1840-1848 106 Joseph VI Audo 1848-1878 107 Elie XIV Abo-Alyonan 1878-1894 108 Abdisho V Khayat 1894-1899 109 Joseph Emmanuel II Toma 1900-1946 (With Joseph Ghanima, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.) 110 Joseph VII Ghanima 1946-1958 111 Paul II Cheikho 1958-1989 112 Raphael I BeDaweed 1989-2003 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.