Paul II Cheikho | |
Birth Name: | Paul Cheikho |
Church: | Chaldean Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Babylon |
See: | Babylon of the Chaldeans |
Patriarch Of: | Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans |
Residence: | Iraq |
Enthroned: | December 13, 1958 |
Ended: | April 13, 1989 |
Predecessor: | Yousef VII Ghanima |
Successor: | Raphael I Bidawid |
Birth Date: | November 19, 1906 |
Birth Place: | Alqosh |
Ordination: | Febr 16, 1930 (Priest) |
Consecration: | May 4, 1947 (Bishop) |
Consecrated By: | Hormisdas Djibri |
Mar Paul II Cheikho † (Syriac: ܦܘܠܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܫܝܟܘ, Arabic: بولس الثاني شيخو) (November 19, 1906 - April 13, 1989) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958 until his death in 1989.
An ethnic Assyrian,[1] [2] he was born on November 19, 1906, in Alqosh and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1930. On May 4, 1947, he was ordained Bishop of Akra, Iraq, at the age of 40, by the Archbishop of Kirkuk Hormisdas Etienne Djibri. From 1957 until his appointment as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans in 1958 Paul Cheikho served as bishop of Aleppo, Syria. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from 1958 until his death on April 13, 1989. He replaced Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima and was followed by Raphael I Bidawid.