Shimun XVI Yohannan | |
|---|---|
| His Holiness | |
| Church | Church of the East (modern Assyrian Church of the East) |
| Diocese | Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis |
| See | Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Installed | 1780 (Patriarch of the Shem'on line) 1804 (Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East) |
| Term ended | 1820 |
| Predecessor | Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail as Patriarch of the Shem'on line Eliya XII as Patriarch of the Church of the East (d. 1804) |
| Successor | Shimun XVII Abraham |
| Orders | |
| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1820 Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Assyrian (Ottoman) |
| Denomination | Eastern Christian, Church of the East |
| Residence | Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire |
Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan (also Shemon XVI Yohannan) was Patriarch of the Shem'on line (Qodshanis) of the Church of the East, from 1780. In 1804, he became the sole Patriarch among traditionalist Christians of the East Syriac Rite, because the rival Patriarch Eliya XII (1778-1804) of the Eliya line died without successor. Shimun XVI remained patriarch until his death in 1820.[1][2][3]