Mar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (August 8, 1852 - July 21, 1947) was the patriarch of the

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from 1900 until his death in 1947.

Life

He was born on August 8, 1852, in

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. An ethnic Assyrian, he studied in the Ghazir Seminary in

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and was ordained priest on July 10, 1879. On July 24, 1892, he was ordained Bishop of Seert, now in

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, by patriarch Eliya XIV IIIAbulyonan. He was appointed Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on the July 9, 1900, and confirmed by the

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on December 17 of the same year. He presided over the Chaldean Catholic Church during

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and

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, including the

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, serving as patriarch until his death on July 21, 1947. He succeeded Patriarch Audishu V Khayyath and was succeeded by

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 ...

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