Mar Paul II Cheikho † (,

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: بولس الثاني شيخو) (November 19, 1906 – April 13, 1989) was the patriarch of the

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from 1958 until his death in 1989.

Life

An ethnic Assyrian, he was born on November 19, 1906, in

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and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1930. On May 4, 1947, he was ordained Bishop of Akra, Iraq, at the age of 40, by the Archbishop of

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Hormisdas Etienne Djibri. From 1957 until his appointment as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans in 1958 Paul Cheikho served as bishop of

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, Syria. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from 1958 until his death on April 13, 1989. He replaced Patriarch

Yousef VII Ghanima Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 – July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1958. Life Mar Yousef VII Ghanima was born on January 29, 1881, in Mosul and was ordained a priest on May 1 ...

and was followed by Raphael I Bidawid.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheikho, Paul 02 Iraqi Assyrian people Iraqi archbishops Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon Participants in the Second Vatican Council Iraqi Eastern Catholics 1906 births 1989 deaths People from Alqosh 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops 20th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria