Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 – July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the

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from 1947 until his death in 1958.

Life

Mar Yousef VII Ghanima was born on January 29, 1881, in

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and was ordained a priest on May 15, 1904. An ethnic Assyrian, in 1925 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriachate of Baghdad. He became the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on September 17, 1947 and held the office until his death on July 8, 1958. He was preceded by Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas and was succeeded by Paul II Cheikho. With help from Mar Yousef VII Ghanima, the

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transferred from

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. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph church in Baghdad.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghanima, Yousef 07 1881 births 1958 deaths Religious leaders from Mosul Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon Iraqi archbishops Iraqi Eastern Catholics 19th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops