Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
ChurchChaldean Catholic Church
SeeBabylon of the Chaldeans
InstalledJuly 9, 1900
Term endedJuly 21, 1947
PredecessorAudishu V Khayyath
SuccessorYousef VII Ghanima
Orders
OrdinationJuly 10, 1879 (Priest)
ConsecrationJuly 24, 1892 (Bishop)
by Eliya Abulyonan
Personal details
Born
Yousef Emmanuel Thomas

August 8, 1852
DiedJuly 21, 1947(1947-07-21) (aged 94)
ResidenceIraq

Mar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (August 8, 1852 - July 21, 1947) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1900 until his death in 1947.

Life

He was born on August 8, 1852, in Alqosh, An ethnic Chaldean[1][2][3] he studied in the Ghazir Seminary in Lebanon and was ordained priest on July 10, 1879. On July 24, 1892, he was ordained Bishop of Seert, now in Turkey, by patriarch Eliya XIV [XIII] Abulyonan. He was appointed Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on the July 9, 1900, and confirmed by the Holy See on December 17 of the same year. He served as patriarch till his death on July 21, 1947. He replaced Patriarch Audishu V Khayyath and was followed by Yousef VII Ghanima.

References

  1. المطران لويس ساكو (2006). خلاصة تاريخ الكنيسة الكلدانية. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute.
  2. "English – البطريركية الكلدانية" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  3. Johnson, Doug. ""The (Chaldean) Fathers stress the Chaldean identity and language and rejected other labels and titles." | Chaldean Nation". Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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