Bishop Mar Shlemon Warduni (born April 24, 1943) is

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of the Patriarchate of Babylon,

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

, of the

Chaldean Catholic Church The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, particular church (''sui iuris'') in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is ...

. In 2003 he was the

Locum tenens A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a ''locum tenens physician'' is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. ...

of the

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in ...

Life

Shlemon Warduni was born at

Batnaya Batnaya (, ) is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains. In the village, there are Chaldean Catholic churches of Mar Quriaqos and Mart Maryam. The Mar Oraha Monastery is also loca ...

on April 24, 1943, and was ordained priest on June 29, 1968. On January 12, 2001, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon and he was consecrated bishop on February 16, 2001, by Patriarch Mar

Raphael I Bidawid Mar Raphael I Bidawid (, Arabic مار روفائيل الاول بيداويد) (April 17, 1922 – July 7, 2003) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989–2003. He was also a Syriac scholar. Life He was born on April 17, ...

. After the death of Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid, he was appointed

of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans till the election, on December 3, 2003, of Patriarch Mar

Emmanuel III Delly Mar Emmanuel III Delly (, ; born Karem Delly; 27 September 1927 – 8 April 2014) was an Iraqi Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic ''sui juris'' particular church ...

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2006 Interview about the tragic situation of Christians in Iraq
* 1943 births Iraqi Assyrian people Living people Chaldean Catholic bishops Iraqi Eastern Catholics People from Nineveh Governorate {{ChaldeanCatholic-bishop-stub