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The Patriarch of the Church of the East (or Patriarch of the East)^[1] is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Catholicos or universal leader) of the Church of the East. The position dates to the early centuries of Christianity in Persia, and the church has been known by a variety of names, including Nestorian Church, the Persian Church, the Sassanid Church, or East Syrian.^[2] In the 16th and 17th century the Church experienced a series of splits, resulting in a series of competing patriarchs and lineages. Today, the two principal churches that emerged from these splits, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, each have their own patriarch, the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, respectively.

History

The geographic location of the patriarchate was first in the Persian capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. In the 9th century the patriarchate moved to Baghdad and then through various cities in what is now Iraq, including, Tabriz, Mosul, and Maragheh on Lake Urmia. Following the split between the Chaldean and Assyrian Churches, the respective patriarchs of these churches continued to move around the Middle East. In the 19th century, the patriarchate of the Assyrian Church of the East was in the village of Qudshanis in southeastern Turkey.^[3] In the 20th century, the Assyrian patriarch went into exile, relocating to Chicago, Illinois, USA. Another patriarchate, which split off in the 1960s as the Ancient Church of the East, is in Baghdad.

The patriarchate of the Church of the East evolved from the position of the leader of the Christian community in Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian capital. While Christianity had been introduced to Persia in the first centuries AD, during the earliest period, leadership was unorganized and there was no established succession. In 280, Papa bar Aggai was consecrated as Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon by two visiting bishops, Akha d'abuh' of Arbela and Hai-Beël of Susa, thereby establishing the generally recognized succession.^[4] Seleucia-Ctesiphon thus became its own episcopal see, and exerted some de facto control over the wider Persian Christian community. Papa's successors began to use the title of Catholicos, a Roman designation probably adopted due to its use by the Catholicos of Armenia, though at first it carried no formal recognition.^[5] In 409 the Church of the East received state recognition from the Sassanid Emperor Yazdegerd I, and the Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was called, at which the church's hierarchy was formalized. Bishop Mar Isaac was the first to be officially styled Catholicos over all of the Christians in Persia. Over the next decades, the Catholicoi adopted the additional title of Patriarch, which eventually became the better known designation.^[6]

In the 16th century, another schism separated the church, with those following "Nestorianism" separating from a group which entered into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. This latter group, known as Chaldean Catholics, continues also to maintain its own list of Chaldean Catholic patriarchs.^[2]

Because of the complex history of Eastern Christianity, it is difficult to define one single lineage of patriarchs,^[2] though some modern churches, such as the Assyrian Church of the East, claim all patriarchs through the centuries as the Assyrian Patriarch, even though the modern version of the church did not come into being until much more recently.

List of Catholicoi of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarchs of the East until 1552

1 Thoma Shlikha, (Saint Thomas) (c. 33-c. 77)^[7]
- Tulmay (St. Bartholomew the Apostle) (c. 33 - ?)^[7]
- Mar Addai, (St. Thaddeus)
2 Aggai (c.66 - c.87)
3 Mari (c. 87-c. 120)
4 Abris (121–137)
5 Abraham (159–171)
6 Yaʿqob (c.190)
7 Ahadabui (204–220)
8 Shahlufa (220–224)
- vacant (224-c.280)

Around 280, visiting bishops consecrated Papa bar Aggai as Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, thereby establishing the succession.^[8] With him, heads of the church took the title Catholicos

9 Papa bar Aggai (c.280–317)
- vacant (317–329)
10 Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe (329–341)
11 Shahdost (341–343)
12 Barbaʿshmin (343–346)
- vacant (c. 346-c. 363)
13 Tomarsa (363–371)
- vacant (c. 371-c. 377)
14 Qayyoma (377–399)
15 Isaac (399–410)

Isaac was recognised as 'Grand Metropolitan' and Primate of the Church of the East at the Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in 410. The acts of this Synod were later edited by the Patriarch Joseph (552–567) to grant him the title of Catholicos as well. This title for Patriarch Isaac in fact only came into use towards the end of the fifth century.

16 Ahha (410–414)
17 Yahballaha I (415–420)
18 Maʿna (420)
19 Farbokht (421)
20 Dadishoʿ (421–456)

In 424, under Mar Dadisho I, the Church of the East declared itself independent of all other churches; thereafter, its Catholicoi began to use the additional title of Patriarch.^[8]

21 Babowai (457–484)
22 Acacius (485–496)
23 Babai (497–503)
24 Shila (503–523)
25 Elishaʿ (524–537)
- Narsai intrusus (524–537)
26 Paul (539)
27 Aba I (540–552)
28 Joseph (552–567)
29 Ezekiel (567–581)
30 Ishoʿyahb I (582–595)
31 Sabrishoʿ I (596–604)
32 Gregory (605–609)
- vacant (609–628)
  - Babai the Great (coadjutor) 609–628; together with Aba (coadjutor) 609-628
33 Ishoʿyahb II (628–645)
34 Maremmeh (646–649)
35 Ishoʿyahb III (649–659)
36 Giwargis I (661-680)
37 Yohannan I (680–683)
- vacant (683–685)
38 Hnanishoʿ I (686–698)
- Yohannan the Leper intrusus (691–693)
- vacant (698–714)
39 Sliba-zkha (714–728)
- vacant (728–731)
40 Pethion (731–740)
41 Aba II (741–751)
42 Surin (753)
43 Yaʿqob II (753–773)
44 Hnanishoʿ II (773–780) - The seat transferred from Seleucia-Ctesiphon to Baghdad, the recently-established capital of the ʿAbbasid caliphs, in 775^[9]
45 Timothy I (780–823)
46 Ishoʿ Bar Nun (823–828)
47 Giwargis II (828–831)
48 Sabrishoʿ II (831–835)
49 Abraham II (837–850)
- vacant (850-853)
50 Theodosius (853–858)
- vacant (858–860)
51 Sargis (860–872)
- vacant (872–877)
52 Israel of Kashkar intrusus (877)
53 Enosh (877–884)
54 Yohannan II bar Narsai (884–891)
55 Yohannan III (893–899)
56 Yohannan IV Bar Abgar (900–905)
57 Abraham III (906–937)
58 Emmanuel I (937–960)
59 Israel (961)
60 ʿAbdishoʿ I (963–986)
61 Mari (987–999)
62 Yohannan V (1000–1011)
63 Yohannan VI bar Nazuk (1012–1016)
- vacant (1016-1020)
64 Ishoʿyahb IV bar Ezekiel (1020–1025)
- vacant (1025-1028)
65 Eliya I (1028–1049)
66 Yohannan VII bar Targal (1049–1057)
- vacant (1057-1064)
67 Sabrishoʿ III (1064–1072)
68 ʿAbdishoʿ II ibn al-ʿArid (1074–1090)
69 Makkikha I (1092–1110)
70 Eliya II Bar Moqli (1111–1132)
71 Bar Sawma (1134–1136)
- vacant (1136–1139)
72 ʿAbdishoʿ III Bar Moqli (1139–1148)
73 Ishoʿyahb V (1149–1176)
74 Eliya III (1176–1190)
75 Yahballaha II (1190–1222)
76 Sabrishoʿ IV Bar Qayyoma (1222–1224)
77 Sabrishoʿ V ibn al-Masihi (1226–1256)
78 Makkikha II (1257–1265)
79 Denha I (1265–1281)
80 Yahballaha III (1281–1317) - The Patriarchal Seat transferred to Maragha
81 Timothy II (1318–c.1332)
- vacant (c.1332-c.1336)
82 Denha II (1336/7–1381/2)
83 Shemʿon II (c.1365-c.1392) (dates uncertain)
83b Shemʿon III (c.1403-c.1407) (existence uncertain)
84 Eliya IV (c.1437)
85 Shemʿon IV Basidi (1437-1493, ob.1497)
86 Shemʿon V (1497–1501)
87 Eliya V (1502–1503)
88 Shemʿon VI (1504–1538)
89 Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb (1539–1558)

List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East from 1552 to 1681

By the Schism of 1552 divided the Church of the East was divided into two factions, of which one entered into communion with the Catholic Church and the other remained independent.

Eliya Line, with residence in Alqosh:

90 Eliya VII (1558-1591)^[10]
91 Eliya VIII (1591-1617)^[10] - In 1610, Eliya VIII entered communion with the Catholic Church. His successor Eliya IX quickly repudiated the union.
92 Eliya IX Shemʿon (1617-1660)^[10]
93 Eliya X Yohannan Marogin (1660-1700)^[10]

Shemʿon Line, with residence in Amid, Siirt, Urmia, Salmas. This line until 1600 was in communion with the Catholic Church:

90 Shemʿon Sulaqa (1553–1555)
91 Abdisho IV Maron (1555–1570)
92 Shemʿon VIII Yahballaha (1570–1580)^[10]
93 Shemʿon IX Dinkha (1580–1600)^[10]

In 1600 the Shemʿon Line restored the hereditary succession, moved to Qochanis and broke the communion with the Catholic Church

94 Shemʿon X Eliyah (1600–1638)^[10]
95 Shemʿon XI Eshuyow (1638–1656)^[10]
96 Shemʿon XII Yoalaha (1656–1662)^[10]
97 Shemʿon XIII Dinkha (1662–1700)^[10]

List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East from 1681 to 1830

In 1681 a separate Patriarchate in communion with the Catholic Church was erected in Amid, splitting from the Eliya Line. In 1692 Shemʿon XIII Dinkha (based in Qochanis) of the Shimun line, broke formally communion with Rome.

Eliya Line, with residence in Alqosh:

93 Eliya X Yohannan Marogin (1660-1700)^[10]
94 Eliya XI Marogin (1700-1722)^[10]
95 Eliya XII Denha (1722-1778)^[10]

at the death of Eliya XII the Eliya Line split between:

- 96 Eliya XIII Ishoʿyahb (1778-1804)^[10]
- 96 Yohannan VIII Hormizd (1778-1838)

Shemʿon Line, with residence in Qochanis:

97 Shemʿon XIII Dinkha (1662–1700)^[10]
98 Shemʿon XIV Shlemon (1700-1740)^[10]
99 Shemʿon XV Mikhaʿil Mukhtas (1740-1780)^[10]
100 Shemʿon XVI Yohannan (1780-1820)^[10]
101 Shemʿon XVII Abraham (1820-1861)^[10]

Josephite Line, with residence in Amid, in full Communion with the Catholic Church:

95 Joseph I (1681–1696)
96 Joseph II Sliba Maruf (1696–1713)
97 Joseph III Timothy Maroge (1713–1757)
98 Joseph IV Lazare Hindi (1757–1780)
99 Joseph V Augustine Hindi (1780–1827)

With the reign of Patriarch Yohannan Hormizd, the Eliya Line in Alqosh entered in Communion with Rome, merging with the Catholic "Josephite" Amid line and thus forming the modern Chaldean Church. In 1830, Yohannan Hormizd was recognised by the Vatican as patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and moved the see in Mosul. This event marked the birth of the modern Chaldean Catholic Church. For the following Chaldean Patriarchs see the below.

The Shemʿon Line remained the only line not communion with the Catholic Church, and from the 19th-century it was known as Assyrian Church of the East.

List of Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Church since 1830

Non-hereditary Eliya Line

96 Yohannan VIII Hormizd (1830–1838) — moved the See in Mosul
97 Nicholas I Zaya (1839–1846)
98 Joseph VI Audo (1847–1878)
99 Eliya Abulyonan (1878–1894)
100 Audishu V Khayyath (1894–1899) (Georges Ebed-Iesu)
101 Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (1900–1946)
102 Yousef VII Ghanima (1946–1958) — moved the See in Baghdad
103 Paul II Cheikho (1958–1989)
104 Raphael I Bidawid (1989–2003)
- Locum Tenens Shlemon Warduni (2003)
105 Emmanuel III Delly (2003–Present)

List of Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East since 1830

Shemʿon Line, with residence in Qochanis till 1918

101 Shemʿon XVII Abraham (1820-1861)^[10]
102 Shemʿon XVIII Rubil (1861-1903)^[10]
103 Shemʿon XIX Benjamin (1903-1918)
104 Shemʿon XX Paul (1918-1920)
- Locum Tenens
  - Yosip Khnanisho (coadjutor) (1918-1920)
  - Abimalek Timotheus (coadjutor) (1920)
105 Shemʿon XXI Eshai (1920-1975 assassinated) - During his reign, Patriarchate was headquartered in exile in Chicago, Illinois, USA starting 1940. He was also the last of the hereditary Shemʿon line

Non-hereditary patriarchy

106 Dinkha IV (1976-Present)

List of Patriarchs of the Ancient Church of the East

In 1964, during the reign of Shemʿon XXI Eshai (also known as Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII), a schism appeared in the Assyrian Church of the East causing the establishment of a separate Ancient Church of the East with its center in Baghdad. This schism occurred because of the changing of the church calendar from the traditional Julian calendar to the Gregorian one. Also the result was because of some unsettled church and Assyrian political issues. In 1968 communities in Iraq, Syria and India elected a rival Patriarch centered in Baghdad, namely the suspended Metropolitan of India Mar Thoma Darmo. He in turn consecrated clergy and they in turn consecrated him Patriarch. Mar Eshai Shimun continued as the official head of the Church of the East with his see in San Francisco.

Vacant (1964–1967) - first period of the schism
106 Thoma Darmo (1968–1969)
- Locum Tenens: Mar Addai II (1969–1973)
107 Mar Addai II (1973-present)

Notes

^ Willison, Walker (1985). A history of the Christian church. Simon & Schuster. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-684-18417-3. this church had as its head a "catholikos" who came to be styled "Patriarch of the East" and had his seat originally at Seleucia-Ctesiphon (after 775 it was shifted to Baghdad).
^ ^a ^b ^c Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 4. ISBN 978-90-429-0876-5.
^ Wigram, p. 90
^ Wigram, pp. 42–44.
^ Wigram, pp. 90–91.
^ Wigram, p. 91.
^ ^a ^b "Nestorian Patriarchs". Nestorian.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b Stewart, p. 15
^ Vine, The Nestorian Churches, 104
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Wilmshurst 2011, p. 477

References

Heleen H.L. Murre (July 1999). "The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries". Journal of Syriac Studies. 2 (2). Hugoye. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
Wilmshurst, David (2011). The martyred Church - A History of the Church of the East. London: East & West Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-907318-04-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Wilmshurst, D. J., The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (Louvain, 2000)
Wigram, W. A. (2004). An introduction to the history of the Assyrian Church, or, The Church of the Sassanid Persian Empire, 100–640 A.D. Gorgias Press. ISBN 1-59333-103-7.
Nestorian Patriarchs
Foster, John. The Church of the Tang Dynasty.
Vine, A., The Nestorian Churches (London, 1937)

[1] Willison, Walker (1985). A history of the Christian church. Simon & Schuster. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-684-18417-3. this church had as its head a "catholikos" who came to be styled "Patriarch of the East" and had his seat originally at Seleucia-Ctesiphon (after 775 it was shifted to Baghdad).

[wilms-4-2] Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 4. ISBN 978-90-429-0876-5.

[3] Wigram, p. 90

[4] Wigram, pp. 42–44.

[5] Wigram, pp. 90–91.

[6] Wigram, p. 91.

[patriarchsnestorg-7] "Nestorian Patriarchs". Nestorian.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

[stewart-15-8] Stewart, p. 15

[9] Vine, The Nestorian Churches, 104

[DW2-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Wilmshurst 2011, p. 477

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v t e Patriarchs of the Church of the East
Until the schism of 1552 Full list
1st–4th centuries	Addai Aggai (66–87) Mari (ob.104) Abris (121–37) Abraham (159–71) Yaʿqob I (c. 190) Ahadabui (204–20) Shahlufa (220–4) Papa (c. 280–317) Shemʿon Bar Sabbaʿe (329–41) Shahdost (341–3) Barbaʿshmin (343–6) Tomarsa (363–71) Qayyoma (377–99)
5th–8th centuries	Isaac (399–410) Ahha (410–14) Yahballaha I (415–20) Maʿna (420) Farbokht (421) Dadishoʿ (421–56) Babowai (457–84) Acacius (485–96) Babai (497–503) Shila (503–23) Elishaʿ (524–37) Narsai intrusus (524–37) Paul (539) Aba I (540–52) Joseph (552–67) Ezekiel (570–81) Ishoʿyahb I (582–95) Sabrishoʿ I (596–604) Gregory (605–9) Ishoʿyahb II (628–45) Maremmeh (646–9) Ishoʿyahb III (649–59) Giwargis I (661–80) Yohannan I (680–3) Hnanishoʿ I (686–98) Yohannan Garba intrusus (691–3) Sliba-zkha (714–28) Pethion (731–40) Aba II (741–51) Surin (753) Yaʿqob II (753–73) Hnanishoʿ II (773–80) Timothy I (780–823)
9th–12th centuries	Ishoʿ bar Nun (823–8) Giwargis II (828–31) Sabrishoʿ II (831–5) Abraham II (837–50) Theodosius (853–8) Sargis (860–72) Israel of Kashkar intrusus (877) Enosh (877–84) Yohannan II (884–91) Yohannan III (893–9) Yohannan IV (900–05) Abraham III (906–37) Emmanuel I (937–60) Israel (961) ʿAbdishoʿ I (963–86) Mari (987–99) Yohannan V (1000–11) Yohannan VI (1012–20) Ishoʿyahb IV (1020–5) Eliya I (1028–49) Yohannan VII (1049–57) Sabrishoʿ III (1064–72) ʿAbdishoʿ II (1074–90) Makkikha I (1092–1110) Eliya II (1111–32) Bar Sawma (1134–6) ʿAbdishoʿ III (1139–48) Ishoʿyahb V (1149–75) Eliya III (1176–90)
13th–16th centuries	Yahballaha II (1190–1222) Sabrishoʿ IV (1222–5) Sabrishoʿ V (1226–56) Makkikha II (1257–65) Denha I (1265–81) Yahballaha III (1281–1317) Timothy II (1318–c. 1332) Denha II (1336/7–1381/2) Shemʿon II (c. 1385–c. 1405) Eliya IV (c. 1405–c. 1425) Shemʿon III (c. 1425–c. 1450) Shemʿon IV Basidi (c. 1450–1497) Shemʿon V (1497–1502) Eliya V (1503–4) Shemʿon VI (1504–38) Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb (1539–58)
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