Shimun XXIII Eshai


Eshai Shimun XXIII
His Holiness
Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII
Native name
ܡܪܝ ܐܝܫܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܓ.
ChurchAssyrian Church of the East
SeeHoly Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed20 June 1920
Term ended5 November 1975
PredecessorMar Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920)
SuccessorMar Dinkha IV (1976–2015)
Orders
RankCatholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Eshai d'Mar Shimun

26 February 1908
Died6 November 1975(1975-11-06) (aged 67)
San Jose, California, United States
BuriedTurlock Memorial Park
NationalityAssyrian

Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܝܫܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܓ.; 26 February 1908 – 6 November 1975), sometimes known as Mar Eshai Shimun XXI, Mar Shimun XXIII Ishaya, Mar Shimun Ishai, or Simon Jesse,[1] served as the 119th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1920, when he was a youth, until his murder on 6 November 1975.

  1. ^ Foster, p. 34