Addai II Giwargis


Addai II Giwargis
Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East
Native name
ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ ܬܪܝܢܐ
ChurchAncient Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ
ArchdiocesePatriarchal Archdiocese of Baghdad and Basra
SeeApostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed20 February 1972
Term ended11 February 2022
PredecessorMar Thoma Darmo (1968–1969)
SuccessorMar Gewargis Younan
Previous post(s)Metropolitan of Iraq (September 1968)
Orders
Ordination20 February 1972 at St. Zaia Cathedral (Baghdad, Iraq)
RankCatholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Shlemun Giwargis

(1948-01-06)6 January 1948[citation needed]
Died11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 74)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
NationalityAssyrian
DenominationAncient Church of the East
OccupationClergy

Mar Addai II (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ ܬܪܝܢܐ; born Shlemun Giwargis Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ 6 January 1948[citation needed] – 11 February 2022) was Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East. He resided in the Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Baghdad, Iraq.[1]

  1. ^ "St. Mary's Cathedral, the home of His Holiness Mar Addai II, Patriarch of The Ancient Church of the East, was bombed Sunday morning". Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2007.