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  • Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa
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  • Mar Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (or John Soulaqa, Sulaka or Sulacha, circa 1510–1555) was the first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1553 to 1555. Yohannan Sulaqa was elected by those who opposed the hereditary patriarchal succession and he took an unprecedented step in the Church of the East: he traveled to Rome, accepted the Catholic creed and was consecrated as Patriarch in 1553.
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Birth Date
  • circa 1510
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patriarch of
Name
  • Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa
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Ended
  • January 1555
death date
  • January 1555
Successor
enthroned
  • 1553-04-28
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Birth name
  • Yohannan Sulaqa
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  • Mar
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  • Mar Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa (or John Soulaqa, Sulaka or Sulacha, circa 1510–1555) was the first Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1553 to 1555. Yohannan Sulaqa was elected by those who opposed the hereditary patriarchal succession and he took an unprecedented step in the Church of the East: he traveled to Rome, accepted the Catholic creed and was consecrated as Patriarch in 1553.
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