Mar Addai II
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Mar Addai II ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ |
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| Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of The East | |
| Church | Ancient Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ |
| Archdiocese | Patriarchal Archdiocese of Baghdad and Basra |
| See | Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Appointed | 31 December 1969 |
| Installed | 20 February 1972 |
| Predecessor | Mar Thoma Darmo |
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| Ordination | 20 February 1972 at St. Zaia Cathedral (Baghdad, Iraq) |
| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Shlemun Giwargis |
| Born |
August 1, 1950 Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi, Assyrian |
| Denomination | Ancient Church of the East |
| Residence | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Occupation | Clergy |
| Previous post | Metropolitan of Iraq (September 1968) |
Mar Addai II, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ), born Shlemun Giwargis, (born in Iraq on 1 August 1950, although some sources cite 1946 or 1948) is the incumbent Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in the Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Baghdad, Iraq.
Prior to being elected as Catholicos-Patriarch, Mar Addai II served as Bishop of Baghdad. He was later elevated to the rank of Metropolitan of Iraq in September 1968, after the schism separating the Ancient Church of the East from the Assyrian Church of the East. Together with Mar Aprem Mooken and Mar Poulose Poulose, Mar Addai consecrated Mar Thoma Darmo as the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East in October 1968.
Mar Thoma Darmo died the following year in September 1969, falling one month short of the first anniversary of his consecration as Catholicos-Patriarch. Mar Addai II was then selected to serve as Acting Patriarch.
In December 1969, as Acting Patriarch, Mar Addai II elevated Mar Narsai Toma to Metropolitan of Kirkuk and Mar Toma Eramia as Metropolitan of Mosul and Northern Iraq. He was officially elected to the position of Catholicos-Patriarch in February 1970, several months after the death of Mar Thoma Darmo. Two years later, on February 20, 1972, he was consecrated as Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East by Mar Narsai and Mar Toma. The ordination took place at St. Zaia Cathedral in Iraq.
The Ancient Church of the East has seen many changes during Mar Addai's tenure, namely the consecration of a number of new Bishops and Metropolitans. Since his elevation to the rank of Patriarch, the church has consecrated the following prelates: Mar Daniel Yakob (Auxiliary Bishop of California), Mar Yacoub Daniel (Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand), Mar Emmanuel Elia (Bishop of Baghdad - resigned), Timothaus Mar Shallita (Metropolitan of Europe), Mar Zaia Khoshaba (Bishop of Baghdad), Mar Aprem Daweed (Bishop of Duhok - resigned), Mar Mari Emmanuel (Bishop of Australia and New Zealand), and Mar Gewargis Younan (Bishop of Chicago).
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