Patriarchate of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ebed-Jesu Maron † ( 1555 Appointed - 1567 Died)
• Yab-Alaba † ( 1567 Appointed - 1580 Died)
• Elie (V) † ( 1580 Appointed - 1591 Died)
• Elie (VI) † ( 1591 Appointed - 1617 Died)
• Elie (VII) † ( 1617 Appointed - 1660 Died)
• Joseph d’Amida † ( 1681 Appointed - 2 Feb 1696 Resigned)
• Joseph Saliba-Marouf (de Cruce) † (2 Feb 1696 Succeeded - 1713 Died)
• Joseph III (Timothée) Maroge (Maroghin) † ( 1713 Appointed - 1759 Died)
• Joseph IV (Lazare Timothée) Hindi † (25 Mar 1759 Confirmed - 1781 Resigned)
• Youhanan VIII Hormez † (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1838 Died)
• Nicholas Zeia (Zaya) † (27 Apr 1840 Confirmed - May 1847 Resigned)
• Joseph VI Audu † (11 Sep 1848 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1878 Died)
• Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan † (28 Feb 1879 Confirmed - 27 Jun 1894 Died)
• Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath † (18 Mar 1895 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1899 Died)
• Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (17 Dec 1900 Confirmed - 21 Jul 1947 Died)
• Yousef VII Ghanima † (21 Jun 1948 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1958 Died)
• Paul II Cheikho † (13 Mar 1959 Confirmed - 13 Apr 1989 Died)
• Raphaël I Bidawid † (11 Jun 1989 Confirmed - 7 Jul 2003 Died)
• Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † (3 Dec 2003 Confirmed - 19 Dec 2012 Retired)
• Jacques Ishaq (19 Dec 2012 Appointed - 31 Jan 2013 Resigned)
• Louis Raphaël I Sako (1 Feb 2013 Confirmed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1949	85,000	3,049,697	2.8%	52	7	59	1,440		50	39	21	ap1951
1970	150,000	3,500,000	4.3%	21	7	28	5,357		18	97	22	ap1971

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi (Deacon: 18 Jan 1998; Priest: 29 Jun 1998 to 27 Jun 2020)
• Jacques Ishaq (Curial Bishop: 21 Dec 2005 to 25 Jun 2014; Administrator: 19 Dec 2012 to 31 Jan 2013)
• Louis Raphaël I Sako (Patriarch: 1 Feb 2013 - )
• Saad Sirop (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 2014)
• Shlemon Warduni (Curial Bishop: 12 Jan 2001)
• Basel Salim Yaldo (Curial Bishop: 15 Jan 2015)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan † (Patriarch: 28 Feb 1879 to 27 Jun 1894)
• Andraos Abouna † (Curial Bishop: 6 Nov 2002 to 27 Jul 2010)
• Joseph VI Audu † (Patriarch: 11 Sep 1848 to 14 Mar 1878)
• Raphaël I Bidawid † (Patriarch: 11 Jun 1989 to 7 Jul 2003)
• Paul II Cheikho † (Patriarch: 13 Mar 1959 to 13 Apr 1989)
• Joseph d’Amida † (Patriarch: 1681 to 2 Feb 1696)
• Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Dec 1962; Curial Bishop: 1997 to 24 Oct 2002; Patriarch: 3 Dec 2003 to 19 Dec 2012)
• Yousef VII Ghanima † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1925; Patriarch: 21 Jun 1948 to 8 Jul 1958)
• Joseph IV (Lazare Timothée) Hindi † (Patriarch: 25 Mar 1759 to 1781)
• Youhanan VIII Hormez † (Patriarch: 5 Jul 1830 to 16 Aug 1838)
• Étienne Katcho † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Feb 1947 to 28 Jun 1953)
• Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath † (Patriarch: 18 Mar 1895 to 6 Nov 1899)
• Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Oct 1938 to 4 Dec 1939)
• Joseph III (Timothée) Maroge (Maroghin) † (Patriarch: 1713 to 1759)
• Ebed-Jesu Maron † (Patriarch: 1555 to 1567)
• Giwargis Peter (Georges-Pierre) Mawlada (de Natali) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1842 to 12 Jan 1847)
• Joseph Saliba-Marouf (de Cruce) † (Coadjutor Patriarch: 1691; Patriarch: 2 Feb 1696 to 1713)
• Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (Patriarch: 17 Dec 1900 to 21 Jul 1947)
• Nicholas Zeia (Zaya) † (Coadjutor Patriarch: 25 Sep 1838; Patriarch: 27 Apr 1840 to May 1847)
• Elie (V) † (Patriarch: 1580 to 1591)
• Elie (VI) † (Patriarch: 1591 to 1617)
• Elie (VII) † (Patriarch: 1617 to 1660)
• Yab-Alaba † (Patriarch: 1567 to 1580)