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List of Patriarchs of Babylon
The Patriarch of Assyria, also called the Assyrian Patriarch, is the leader and head bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, formerly based in Mosul, Iraq, and now in exile in Chicago. Catholicoi of Seleucie-Ctesiphon and Patriarchs of the East
The decrees of the Council of Ephesus in 431 is not accepted by the Church of the East, causing a schism between it and the Pentarchy.
(With Mar Theodossious, the Patriachate transferred to Baghdad.)
(With Mar Yab-Alaha, the Patriachate transferred to Tabriz.)
(With Mar Shimun II, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)
(With Mar Shimun VII, the Patriachate transferred to Alqosh.)
In 1552 a rival Catholic Patriarch was elected, see Catholic Chaldean Patriarchs of Babylon.
In 1610 Mar Eliyya VIII, entered communion with the Catholic Church. This created a situation in which there are two rival claimants approved by Rome, in one see. He died however in 1617 and his successor quickly repudiated the union.
From Patriarchs Eliyya X to Eliyya XIII, attempts where made to resolve the schism and enter communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1804 the Assyrian Church in Alqosh under the personage of Youhanan VIII Hormez (Patriarch 1830-1838) decided to accept the authority of the Chaldean Catholic Church. In 1681 Mar Shimun XIII Denkha (based in Qochanis) broke communion with Rome and a rival Chaldean Patriarch was appointed by the Vatican.
(With Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha, the Patriachate transferred to Mosul.)
(With Mar Shimun XXIII (XXI) Eshai, the Patriachate was in exile in Chicago, Illinois, USA.)
A schism in the church in 1964 caused an election of a rival patriarch in Baghdad in 1968.
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