List of Patriarchs of Babylon - Definition and Overview

The Patriarch of Babylon is the leader of the Assyrian Church of the East.

Patriarchs of Babylon, Selucia-Ctesiphon and all of the East

Orthodox Patriarchs

• 1 Mar Thoma Shilkha, Saint Thomas c.35
• Mar Tulmay (St. Bartholomew the Apostle)
• 2 Mar Addai, St. Thaddeus the Apostle
• 3 Mar Agai
• 4 Mar Mari
• 5 Mar Abris
• 6 Mar Abraham I
• 7 Mar Yacob I
• 8 Mar Ahha
• 9 Mar Shahioupa
• vacant
• 10 Mar Papa bar Gaggai
• 11 Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e
• 12 Mar Shalidoste
• 13 Mar Bar Bashmin
• vacant
• 14 Mar Toumarsa
• 15 Mar Qaioma d.399
• 16 Mar Issac 399-c.410
• 17 Mar Ahha c.410-415
• 18 Mar Yab-Alaha I 415-420
• 19 Mar Maana 420
• 20 Mar Frabokht 420-421
• 21 Mar Dadisho I 421-456

Nestorian Patriarchs

• 22 Mar Babwahi 457-484
• 23 Mar Aqaq-Acace 484-496
• 24 Mar Babai I 497-503
• 25 Mar Shila 503-c.520
• 26 Mar Narsai Elisha c.520-c.535
• 27 Mar Paul I c.535-c.540
• 28 Mar Aba I c.540-552
• 29 Mar Joseph I 552-566
• 30 Mar Ezecbiel 566-581
• 31 Mar Isho-Yab I 581-596
• 32 Mar Sabrisho I 596-604
• 33 Mar Gregorius I 604-607
• vacant
• 34 Mar Isho-Yab II 628-644
• 35 Mar Emme 644-647
• 36 Mar Isho-Yab III 649-660
• 37 Mar Guiwarguis I 661-680
• 38 Mar Yohannan I Bar Marta 680-682
• vacant
• 39 Mar Hnan-Isho I 685-700
• vacant
• 40 Mar Sliwa Zkha 714-728
• vacant
• 41 Mar Pethion 731-740
• 42 Mar Aba 741-751
• 43 Mar Sorine 752
• 44 Mar Yacob II 754-773
• 45 Mar Hnan-Isho II 774-780
• 46 Mar Timothee I 780-c.825
• 47 Mar Isho Ben Noun c.825-828
• 48 Mar Guiwarguis II 828-832
• 49 Mar Sabrisho II 832-836
• 50 Mar Abraham II 837-850
• vacant

(With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.)

• 51 Mar Theodossious I 853-858
• vacant
• 52 Mar Sarguis I 860-872
• vacant
• 53 Mar Israel 877
• 54 Mar Anoshel 877-884
• 55 Mar Yohannan II Bar Narsai 884-892
• 56 Mar Yohannan III 893-899
• 57 Mar Yohannan IV Bar Abgare 900-905
• 58 Mar Abraham III 905-937
• 59 Mar Emmanuel I 937-960
• 60 Mar Israel Karkhaya 961-962
• 61 Mar Abdisho I 963-986
• 62 Mar Bar Tobia 987-1000
• 63 Mar Yohannan V 1000-1012
• 64 Mar Yohannan VI Bar Nazuk 1012-1020
• 65 Mar Isho-Yab IV Bar Ezechiel 1020-1025
• vacant
• 66 Mar Eliyya I 1028-1049
• 67 Mar Yohannan VII Bar Targala 1049-1057
• 68 Mar Sabrisho III 1057-1071
• 69 Mar Abdisho II bar Ars Autraya 1071-1091
• 70 Mar Makkikha I Bar Shlemon 1092-1110
• 71 Mar Eliyya II Bar Maqli 1110-1132
• 72 Mar Bar Sauma I 1133-1136
• vacant
• 73 Mar Abdisho III Bar Moqli 1139-1148
• 74 Mar Isho-Yab V 1148-1176
• 75 Mar Elie III 1176-1190
• 76 Mar Yab-Alaha II Bar Qaiyuma 1190-1222
• 77 Mar Sabrisho IV Bar Qaioma 1222-1226
• 78 Mar Sabrisho V Bar Almassihi 1226-1256
• 79 Mar Makkikha II 1257-1265
• 80 Mar Denha I 1265-1282

(With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to Tabriz.)

• 81 Mar Yab-Alaha III Bar Turkaye 1283-1317
• 82 Mar Timothee II 1318-1332
• 83 Mar Denha II 1332-1364

(With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)

• 84 Mar Shimun II 1365-1392
• vacant
• 85 Mar Shimun III 1403-1407
• vacant
• 86 Mar Eliyya IV 1437
• 87 Mar Shimun IV 1437-1497
• 88 Mar Shimun V 1497-1501
• 89 Mar Shimun VI 1503-1538

(With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to Alqosh.)

• 90 Mar Shimun VII 1538-1551

In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see below

Nestorian Patriarchs in Alqosh

• 91 Mar Shimun VIII 1552-1558
• 92 Mar Shimun IX 1558
• 93 Mar Eliyya VI 1558-1576
• 94 Mar Eliyya VII 1576-1591
• 95 Mar Eliyya VIII 1591-1617
• 96 Mar Eliyya IX 1617-1660
• 97 Mar Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin 1660-1700
• 98 Mar Eliyya XI Marogin 1700-1722
• 99 Mar Elyya XII Denha 1722-1778
• 100 Mar Eliyya XIII Isho-Yab 1778-1804

In 1804 the Assyrian Church in Alqosh decided to accept the authority of the Chaldean Patriarchs

Catholic Patriarchs

(The Catholic Patriarchs were originally based in Diyarbakir)

• 91 Mar Yohanan Soulaqa VIII 1552-1555
• 92 Mar Abdisho IV Maroun 1555-1567
• vacant
• 93 Mar Yab-Alaha V 1578-1580

(With Mar Shimun IX Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Urmia.)

• 94 Mar Shimun IX Denkha 1580-1600
• 95 Mar Elia Shimun X 1600-1638
• 96 Mar Eshuyow Shimun XI 1638-1656
• 97 Mar Yoalaha Shimun XII 1656-1662

(With Mar Shimun XIII Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Qochanis.)

• 98 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha 1662-1700

In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha broke communion with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was apointed by the Vatican; see below.

Assyrian Patriarchs in Qochanis

• 99 Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon 1700-1740
• 100 Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail 1740-1780
• 101 Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan 1780-1820
• 102 Mar Shimun XVII Abraham 1820-1860
• 103 Mar Shimun XVIII Rouel 1860-1903

(With Mar Shimun XIII Denkha, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)

• 104 Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin 1903-1918
• 105 Mar Shimun XX Paulos 1918-1920

(With Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya, the Patriachate was in exile in Chicago.)

• 106 Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya 1920-1975 (assassinated)

(With Shimun XXI, a rival Assyrian patriarchate was established in Baghdad in 1969)

• 107 Mar Dinkha IV 1976-pres.

Assyrian Patriarchs at Baghdad (rival to the patriarchate at Chicago)

• 107 Mar Thoma Darmo 1969-1970
• 108 Mar Addai II 1970-present

Chaldean Patriarchs

(The Chaldean Patriarchs were originally based in Diyarbakir)

• 99 Mar Yusuf I 1681-1695
• 100 Mar Yusuf II 1696-1713
• 101 Mar Yusuf III 1713-1757
• 102 Mar Yusuf IV 1757-1781
• vacant
• 103 Mar Yusuf V 1804-1828
• vacant

(With Yohannan Hormez, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)

• 104 Yohannan VII Hormez 1830-1838
• vacant
• 105 Nicolas Zaya 1840-1848
• 106 Joseph VI Audo 1848-1878
• 107 Elie XIV Abo-Alyonan 1878-1894
• 108 Abdisho V Khayat 1894-1899
• 109 Joseph Emmanuel II Toma 1900-1946

(With Joseph Ghanima, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.)

• 110 Joseph VII Ghanima 1946-1958
• 111 Paul II Cheikho 1958-1989
• 112 Raphael I BeDaweed 1989-2003
• 113 Emmanuel III Delly 2003-present