Dinkha IV


Dinkha IV
ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
His Holiness
A middle-aged Assyrian man dressed in white vestments holds an ornate cross with his eyes closed
Dinkha IV presiding at the Assyrian Eucharist (or Raza) in a church near Chicago in June 2008.
ChurchAssyrian Church of the East
DiocesePatriarchal Diocese of the Eastern United States
SeeHoly Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (in exile in Chicago)
Installed17 October 1976
Term ended26 March 2015
PredecessorMar Shimun XXI Eshai
SuccessorMar Gewargis III
Other post(s)Deaconate at Mar Yokhanan Church, Harir (1950), Bishopric at Urmia (11 February 1962)
Orders
Ordination15 August 1957
Consecration11 February 1962
by Shimun XXI Eshai
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Dinkha Khananya (Khanania)

15 September 1935
Died26 March 2015(2015-03-26) (aged 79)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
BuriedMontrose Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAssyrian
DenominationAssyrian Church of the East
ResidenceChicago, Illinois, U.S.
ParentsAndrews Khananya (father) and Panna Khananya (mother)
OccupationCleric

Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ and Arabic: مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015)[1] was an Eastern Christian prelate who served as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born in the village of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq and led the Church in exile in Chicago for most of his life.

  1. ^ Awa Royel (27 March 2015). "Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV Enters Eternal Rest". The Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.