Mar Shimun
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Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East:
- Mar Simeon Barsabae, also known as Mar Shimun Bar Sabba'e (c. 329-c. 341), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun II (1365-1392), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun III (1403-1407), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun IV (1437-1497), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun V (1497-1501), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun VI (1503-1538), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun VII (1538-1551), Church of the East
- Mar Shimun VIII (1552-1558), Church of the East
- Shimun VIII Yohannan SulaqaShimun VIII Yohannan SulaqaMar Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa was the first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1553 to 1555....
(1553-1555), first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church - Mar Shimun IX (1558)
- Mar Shimun IX Dinkha (1580-1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Mar Shimun X Eliyah (1600-1638)
- Mar Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638-1656)
- Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656-1662)
- Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662) 1681-1700, Patriarch who broke the Communion with Rome. Successors became leaders of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700-1740), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740-1780), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XVI Yohanan (1780-1820), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (1820-1860), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860-1903), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1903-1918), Assyrian Church of the East
- Mar Shimun XXII PaulosMar Shimun XXII PaulosMar Shimun XXII. Paulus was a Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.After the murder of the Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin, along with 150 of his followers by Simko , a Kurdish agha, Mar Shimun XXII Paulos was elected on 23 March 1918...
(1918-1920), Assyrian Church of the East - Mar Shimun XXIII Eshai (1920-1975) (assassinated), Assyrian Church of the East
See also
- List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
- List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon