Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas explained

Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas
Birth Name:Yousef Emmanuel Thomas
Church:Chaldean Catholic Church
See:Babylon of the Chaldeans
Patriarch Of:Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
Residence:Iraq
Enthroned:July 9, 1900
Ended:July 21, 1947
Predecessor:Audishu V Khayyath
Successor:Yousef VII Ghanima
Birth Date:August 8, 1852
Birth Place:Alqosh
Ordination:July 10, 1879 (Priest)
Consecration:July 24, 1892 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Eliya Abulyonan

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 Assyrian, 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 presided over the Chaldean Catholic Church during World War I and World War II, including the Assyrian genocide, serving as patriarch until his death on July 21, 1947. He succeeded Patriarch Audishu V Khayyath and was succeeded by Yousef VII Ghanima.

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