Shimun XVIII Rubil explained

Type:Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Honorific-Prefix:Mar
Shimun XVIII Rubil
His Holiness
Church:Assyrian Church of the East
Diocese:Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis
See:Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Enthroned:1861
Ended:1903
Predecessor:Mar Shimun XVII Abraham
Successor:Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin
Rank:Catholicos-Patriarch
Birth Place:Qodshanis, Hakkari
Death Date:1903
Death Place:Qodshanis, Hakkari
Nationality:Assyrian (Ottoman)
Religion:Christian, Assyrian Church of the East
Residence:Qodshanis, Hakkari

Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (also Simon XVIII Rouel or Rowil) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1861 to 1903, succeeding his uncle Shimun XVII Abraham.

He led the church from Qodshanis, in southeastern Turkey. In 1869, he received an invitation from the Vatican to attend the First Vatican Council as an observer, but he did not accept the invitation, and he also rejected other initiatives for the union with the Catholic Church. The Catholicos-Patriarch died on March 16, 1903, and was succeeded by Shimun XIX Benyamin.

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